Hoi,
The archive of Cologne was a state of the art archive in Germany. If
anything it was the kind of institution that people would donate collections
to because of its excellent reputation and practices. A similar story
happened to an archive in Theresienstadt if I remember well. Cologne
collapsed because of an accident with an underground that was dug,
Theresienstadt saw its collection disappear in flames.
We are not an archive. But our best efforts help safeguard against the total
loss of an archive. We can be complementary to what our partners do. We
should not think so insular.
Thanks,
GerardM
2009/9/13 John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com>
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
Remember the archive of Cologne? It collapsed. When we have as a policy
to
have the exact files on Commons as provided by a
GLAM, we prove
provenance
because our best practice is to include the
material in our archive as
provided by a GLAM. When we decide for all kinds of reasons to transcode
it
to another format we can and should when it makes
sense. It makes sense
as
long as we keep the original.
We are not an archive.
If an archive collapses, they should take care of the items in their
positions, gifting them to someone else who can take them. If they
don't, they are a very poor archive.
--
John Vandenberg
_______________________________________________
Commons-l mailing list
Commons-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l