Jim Lindner wrote:
> This is a very interesting post, just one very quick comment. I have
> been a consultant for the Library of Congress for about 5 years now -
> and I can tell you for sure - absolutely - that those quotations of
> space are just - well - silly. Since the library does not even have a
> full accounting of exactly how large the collection is - and because it
> grows every minute (literally) these "estimates" really have absolutely
> no basis in fact. The Libraries collection includes many more types of
> objects then books. And even if you just consider the books - they are
> in many different languages - and what about the pictures in the books?
> There are illuminated manuscripts. In the National Audio Visual
> Conservation Center being built in Culpeper Virginia, the estimate is
> that many terabytes a day will be generated in the transfer of analog
> carriers.

Once upon a time, I had clearance to ask what the traffic and storage
numbers were for NSA. Since I never asked, I may speculate that it would
make the LoC's efforts pale in comparison

Mike
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