Jason Scott is stirring up some drama on the eve of #VCFEast because he donated some stuff to #VCF but doesn’t actually understand how “donation” and “archiving” work. He’s also taking at face value that someone was “driven out” of the organization when they actually ragequit rather than work within proper governance.
VCFed is a decent organization, especially now, and the VCF events are great. This drama is a tempest in a teapot, and absolutely not a reason not to participate or attend.
@eschaton OOO, "IEEE magazines!" Last I looked, IEEE serials since about 1988 are in IEEE's digital library, which is paywalled (which may mean its retention is funded).
Anyway I know how those things work at the Friends of the Library where I volunteer: a box full of them is heavy, they are mildly annoying to shelve, they sell poorly, they are taken away for free about as poorly, and the customers make a mess of them.
said shipping containers had roof leaks, and were exposed to San Jose temperatures, where they became mushroom farms
it is easy to acquire collections, and extremely expensive to preserve them.
Chris Hanson
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