from The Guardian -
Preserving old games is a service to humanity
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Not very clear about the part that having preserved old copies of arcade games is beneficial to the human race. Otherwise, a timely reminder that it is popular culture content that will drive the main bulk of any digital preservation effort.
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from EurekaAlert -
From rags to riches, or how undergarments improved medieval literacy
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Conservation-quality boards are called ragboards, for a reason - in that quality paper and boards are made, literally, from cotton rags. Now a scholar has speculated that the spread of printing, made possible by the availability of cheap paper (as opposed to the expensive and labour-intensive animal skin parchment) which is made from, of all things, undergarments. Do they ever wash them before recycling?
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From rags to riches, or how undergarments improved medieval literacy
go to press release
Conservation-quality boards are called ragboards, for a reason - in that quality paper and boards are made, literally, from cotton rags. Now a scholar has speculated that the spread of printing, made possible by the availability of cheap paper (as opposed to the expensive and labour-intensive animal skin parchment) which is made from, of all things, undergarments. Do they ever wash them before recycling?
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from The Guardian -
Russian capital's architectural gems bulldozed
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from The Guardian -
At home with Moore
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from Dallas Morning News -
Restoration will set things Wright
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from The Guardian -
Heritage row on selection of Darwin's home
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from The Guardian -
The building that God forgot
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A slew of articles related to the field of architectural conservation.
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Russian capital's architectural gems bulldozed
go to article
from The Guardian -
At home with Moore
go to article
go to audio slideshow
from Dallas Morning News -
Restoration will set things Wright
go to article
from The Guardian -
Heritage row on selection of Darwin's home
go to article
from The Guardian -
The building that God forgot
go to article
A slew of articles related to the field of architectural conservation.
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