Subject: Google Makes Available Usenet Discussion Forum (since 1979)
NINCH-ANNOUNCE (david@ninch.org)
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:00:18 -0500
Message-Id: <p05100308b83fcdc94f1f@[192.100.21.23]> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 11:00:18 -0500 To: ninch-announce@ninch.org From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> Subject: Google Makes Available Usenet Discussion Forum (since 1979)
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December 14, 2001
Google Makes Available Usenet Discussion Forum
700 million messages since 1979
http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en
BBC Story on Google's Usenet Archive
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1709000/1709527.stm
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:34:51 EST
>From: Neil Beagrie <Nbeagrie@aol.com>
>Subject: fwd: digital history saved
>To: DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Status:
Message forwarded to the list by Steve Bailey. A fascinating
development but I share Steve's sentiments - I would recommend
looking at the Google site and how the usenet archive is promoted. I
have been thinking about the future use and archiving of this list
and others in the UK so it provided me with useful food for thought.
Neil
> Folks,
>
> Thought you might be interested in a story from the BBC website today
> which announced that the search engine company Google are making available
> over 700 million messages from the Usenet discussion group first
> established in 1979. Topics such as the first recorded public discussion
> on AIDS and Tim Bearners-Lee's plans to create a world wide web are just
> some of the historic highlights captured by this forum. The full story
> can be found at
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1709000/1709527.stm and
> the Usenet Archives can be found at http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en
>
> Perhaps it is time for us to take a pause for professional thought and
> reflect on the significance of the fact that such items of unique
> historical importance are being preserved for future generations by
> commercial companies and not by archivists........
>
> Regards
>
> Steve Bailey
> Team Leader - Archives and Records Management
> University of Gloucestershire
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Neil Beagrie JISC Digital Preservation Focus
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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 10:34:51 EST
From: Neil Beagrie <Nbeagrie@aol.com>
Subject: fwd: digital history saved
To: DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Status:
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