Newspaper archives,
dating back to the 1700's are now being digitized - testifying
to the endurance, resilience, and longevity of paper.
Enter the "Internet Libraries", or Digital Archival
Repositories (DAR). These are libraries that provide free
access to digital materials replicated across multiple
servers ("safety in redundancy"). They contain Web pages,
television programming, films, e-books, archives of discussion
lists, etc. Such materials can help linguists trace the
development of language, journalists conduct research,
scholars compare notes, students learn, and teachers teach.
The Internet's evolution mirrors closely the social and
cultural history of North America at the end of the 20th
century. If not preserved, our understanding of who we are and
where we are going will be severely hampered. The clues to our
future lie ensconced in our past. It is the only guarantee
against repeating the mistakes of our predecessors. Long gone
Web pages cached by the likes of Google and Alexa constitute
the first tier of such archival undertaking.
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