Into the future : on the preservation of knowledge in the electronic age / a production of American Film Foundation [and] Sanders & Mock Productions, in association with Commission on Preservation and Access and American Council of Learned Societies ; written, produced and directed by Terry Sanders.

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1 videocassette (57 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Notes:
A sequel to Slow fires : on the preservation of the human record.
Photographed by Robert Achs [and others] ; edited by Greg Byers ; music by Jean-Pierre Tibi ; narrated by Robert MacNeil.
VHS.

Summary:

Video on the hidden crisis of digital information. Will the information stored electronically still be accessible in the future? Shows what has happened to other forms of information storage.

Subject:

Information retrieval.
Information superhighway.
Electronic data processing.
Information technology.
Recherche de l'information.
Autoroutes électroniques.
Technologie de l'information.
information retrieval.
information technology.

Added entries:

Sanders, Terry.
MacNeil, Robert.
Sanders & Mock Productions.
American Film Foundation.
Commission on Preservation and Access.
American Council of Learned Societies.

On the preservation of knowledge in the electronic age

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 194085
Call No.: ID Z699.I596 AV; ID:97-F68
Status: Available

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