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I'd like to use my recent struggles with a group of 5.25-inch Apple \]\[ Plus disks to frame a larger (and very brief) discussion about process and failure. What aspects of methodology and procedure do our skirmishes with different types of media call into question?

Alison Hinderliter (The Newberry Library)

"Can't we just print it out?" and other FAQs. With hesitation and resistance (aka fear and loathing) coming from my potential donors as well as my library colleagues, I'll share some good answers and analogies for justifying the curation of digital materials in the first place.  This will be my lengthened "elevator talk," with some visual accompaniments that I normally can't bring into the elevator with me.