Carey,

See:
CLIR pub121
Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists

by Fred R. Byers

http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub121abst.html

This report describes in nontechnical language the various types of CDs and
DVDs now in use, how they are made, and how they work. It then distills
current industry knowledge about disc longevity, conditions that affect life
expectancy, and how to care for optical media. The guide is amply
illustrated and includes a glossary and bibliography.

The guide's author, Fred R. Byers, is a technical staff member in the
Convergent Information Systems Division of the Information Technology
Laboratory at NIST.

The guide was written for use by librarians and archivists; however, it will
be equally useful to any business or individual wishing to safeguard CD or
DVD collections.


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Richard Urban
Operations Coordinator
Colorado Digitization Program

http://www.cdpheritage.org
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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of carey stumm
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 3:14 PM
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] storing CD's

I started at a new museum recently and our digital images that we have
stored on CD's are in disaray. I would like to organize the CD's but am
unsure what the most "standard" method of archiving CD's is. At the last
museum I worked at I organized the CD's in binders and printed out contact
sheets of the photos stored on the CD's and put them in the binders with the
CD's. My current boss does not seem terribly interested in that idea. Does
anyone have any fantastic advice regarding this issue?
Thanks in advance for any info.

Carey Stumm
Associate Archivist

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