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Who are we?

We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

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What in your hoard do you treasure the most? I imagine to a lot of us it is photos and videos of our families, which I'd love to hear about, but also interested in rare bits of media or information that makes your collection unique.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how my old 5.25" floppies are doing, my project to back them up goes for 20 years now and I backed up none because I'm too lazy

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I also can't prevent myself from being lazy. I haven't written anything in my diary for 1 year. I read it yesterday and It's a treasure. I regret I haven't wrote anything in it for 1 year :(