Thought this might be of interest to some of you with an archival bent. The
SAA has decided to eliminate 14 years of listserv archives after an
assessment that the cost of keeping the bits is less than their evidential
or informational value.
 
From the SAA's letter:
"Support Statement: The SAA Council has determined that the cost of
retaining, administering, and maintaining access to the 1993-2006 archives
of the A&A List is substantially higher than is warranted by the evidential
or informational value of the archives. Further, there are significant legal
and administrative impediments to transferring the archives to another
institution for preservation and access. Thus the Council has determined
that the archives will be disposed of at the end of March 2007 when Miami
University of Ohio is no longer able to support it.

Council members passed the motion, with 8 votes in favor, one abstention,
and two absent."
 
Where I saw it:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/13/society_of_american_.html
Original post:
http://prelingerlibrary.blogspot.com/2007/03/society-of-american-archivists-
decides.html
 
At the bottom of the original post is the text of the SAA's letter in its
entirety plus reaction from a half-dozen archive-related blogs. Not my
immediate focus, but those of you with an interest may want to review them
and maybe bookmark or add to your reader. And....if you want the
25-words-or-less version of readers and RSS, you can check out my new AIIM
EDOC Online article at http://edocmagazine.com/vault_articles.asp?ID=32765
 
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