I come from a highly regulated company where records need to be kept permanently or 50 years.  This includes financial information etc.  Being that everything is electronic now, this is the issues we run into.  COM can be used, but when running a ledger on COM it can become voluminous.

Deborah


----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Flynn <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:49 pm
Subject: Re: Question

> Deborah,
> 
> Bill does address some of the more salient points (being from the 
> third 
> largest nuclear power in the world he tends to dwell on the 
> technology 
> side). The largest hinderence I see to maintaining current 
> technolgy for 50 
> years is going to be the abilty of folks to run it. How many of 
> you folks 
> remember your DOS commands? Did you you keep a copy of DOS for 
> Dummies 
> laying around so you can use it? What about the arcane key 
> strokes? So you 
> have a disk, do you remember how to run it?
> 
> Having said that, Yes I think that just about about anything can 
> be achieved 
> with enough money. The question is, do you get an adequate return 
> on the 
> investment. Even Carlin seemed to adopt that attitude when 
> discussing 
> permanent records.
> 
> Keep in mind also, the "record" in the electronic world is 
> different from 
> the paper world. In paper world the original version is the Record 
> (the 
> shortest distance between two points is a straight line). In the 
> electronic 
> world, the most recent version is the record (the shortest 
> distance between 
> two points may not be a straight line). The question then becomes 
> for what 
> purpose are you retaining non record material fro 50 years? Seems 
> like an 
> expensive and time consuming waste of resources.
> 
> 
> Chris Flynn
> 
> >From: "Deborah Tamborski would subscribe someone."              
> ><[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Records Management Program <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Question
> >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 20:29:44 -0400
> >
> >Presently I am in a Library and Information Science Graduate 
> program at 
> >Queens College.  As one of our exercises we have to send out and 
> question 
> >for List serv and hopefully get reply's back and then write about 
> them.>
> >Here is my question?
> >
> >What do you think some of the problems are in Archiving 
> Electronic Records? 
> >  Do you think it is possible to be able to archive these records 
> and still 
> >read them in lets say 50 years from now?
> >
> >Deborah
> >
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