Book People Archive

Re: Lost collections 


> But it is a very sad feeling when you find a book or other resource
> now gone from the net.
> 

I think as the Net goes through generations of content decay local storage 
will become the norm for anything you want to preserve for yourself, much 
like taping of TV has become a universal practice.  If you want to watch 
Witchblade again five years from now, tape it now. It's not going into 
permanent reruns like Lucy. The same applies to the Web. Think of sites as 
syndicated shows on a billion-channel set. For whatever reason, their run 
will come to an end and you'll never see them again.

Jim Weiler
The Naked Word-- a site now in final syndication.