[00:44] *** DFJustin has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [01:18] *** Somebody has joined #internetarchive [01:31] HCross: glad to hear IA is going to reach out to EE too [02:33] *** kyan has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [02:40] *** kyan has joined #internetarchive [04:15] *** kyan has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) [04:16] *** kyan has joined #internetarchive [04:19] *** kyan has quit IRC (Client Quit) [04:24] *** DFJustin has joined #internetarchive [05:16] *** vantec has joined #internetarchive [05:25] Deeee-licious government tears: https://www.dropbox.com/s/125ct7vquuqh6gk/Screenshot%202016-12-05%2021.24.13.png?dl=0 [05:26] ^ SketchCow Frogging [05:30] interesting. perhaps you meant to ping someone else though? I wasn't aware of this before [05:40] Maybe? I thought you worked at the Archive? [05:40] Asparagir: argh, a screenshot of a gmail account? [05:40] Sorreeee. I just saw it come across one of the listserves I follow, and snorted with laughter. That woman is too much. [05:41] Nope, not me [05:41] Oh. My bad. [05:42] eh, with my lack of context, I'd be more charitable -- the more *different* groups working on preserving copies of stuff, the better -- esspecially when they don't like each other. [05:42] * Somebody goes to read the nytimes article now [05:42] I’ve seen that attitude crop up amongst librarians and archivists too, on Twitter — it’s like, how dare other people save data (or tag data, or add metadata, or whatever Complaint X is today), don’t they know that only Very Serious People can do that work, people like me who get paid? [05:43] It’s defensiveness, basically. [05:44] yeah -- and I can certainly sympathize with laughing at that POV -- but I prefer to see it as, "great! a set of mutually unfriendly people saving the same stuff! That will make it even harder for the folks trying to destroy it. Good!" [05:44] I agree! But I laugh too. And roll my eyes. [05:45] * Somebody nods [05:46] http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/nyregion/harvesting-government-history-one-web-page-at-a-time.html?_r=0 [05:50] Hm -- there certainly seems to be a substantive disagreement, though. The article says: "The fragility of digital federal records, reports and research is astounding.No law protects much of it, no automated machine records it for history, and the National Archives and Records Administration announced in 2008 that it would not take on the job." while the email says: "the Federal Records Act is not mentioned. Seems to me that the 2008 NARA guidance c [05:50] I'd somewhat lean towards the subject matter expert over the journalist, here. [05:50] (given my lack of knowledge) [05:51] but it's unclear exactly what said subject matter expect is exactly claiming... [05:51] which mailing list is that, anyway -- I might want to join it as well, if I can. [05:56] It’s RECMGMT-L [05:56] https://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=RECMGMT-L [05:57] I never post, just read. [05:58] Looks like the posts are all online. Here’s angrylady: https://lists.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1612A&L=RECMGMT-L&T=0&F=&S=&P=12088 [05:59] nice, thanks [07:55] *** DFJustin has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [08:05] Am... [08:05] Am I that dude [08:22] wondered that myself [08:30] Some Dude From The Internet Archive [08:35] were you involved with the "End of Term Presidential Harvest 2016" effort? [08:35] http://digital2.library.unt.edu/nomination/eth2016/about/ [08:35] If not, it was probably Some Other Dude From The Internet Archive [08:36] Yes [08:36] ah ok -- you aren't listed, which is why I asked [08:36] Might be Jefferson Bailey, though [08:37] heh. Glad to know there are multiple Dudes From The Internet Archive [08:40] There's like 8 [08:41] Generally, though, it's PROBABLY going to be Brewster, Chris, Me, Jeff, Jefferson, John or Mark [08:41] If it's some gal from the Archive [08:42] It'll probably be Laurel, Wendy, Alexis, Salem, or Caitlin [08:44] The Dude From The Internet Archive Abides [09:28] *** Somebody has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [12:59] *** atomotic has joined #internetarchive [15:13] *** DFJustin has joined #internetarchive [15:13] *** Somebody has joined #internetarchive [15:18] *** atomotic has quit IRC (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com) [15:25] *** [X-Scale] has joined #internetarchive [15:26] *** X-Scale has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 244 seconds) [15:26] *** [X-Scale] is now known as X-Scale [15:55] *** Somebody has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 370 seconds) [16:08] *** atomotic has joined #internetarchive [16:41] *** atomotic has quit IRC (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com) [17:23] *** atomotic has joined #internetarchive [17:33] *** Smiley has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) [17:33] *** Smiley has joined #internetarchive [17:37] *** Frogging has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [17:37] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [17:44] *** Frogging has joined #internetarchive [17:44] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [17:46] *** Frogging has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [17:46] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [17:49] *** atomotic has quit IRC (Quit: Textual IRC Client: www.textualapp.com) [17:55] *** Frogging has joined #internetarchive [17:55] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [17:58] *** Frogging has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [17:58] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [18:05] *** FluffyFox has joined #internetarchive [18:13] *** FluffyFox is now known as Frogging [18:16] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [18:34] *** zhongfu has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) [18:48] *** xlyst has joined #internetarchive [20:01] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [20:10] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [20:25] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [20:30] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [20:42] *** scize has left [21:01] *** edsu_ has quit IRC (hub.se irc.efnet.fr) [21:07] *** edsu_ has joined #internetarchive [21:13] And on another mailing list I’m on, the FOI-L list (for Freedom of Information request filers, journalists, and attorneys) was pointing out that same NY Times article today, praising it, and directing worried scientists (who were asking the EFF for help saving government climate data) to the IA. 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