Lost Data: The Specter of the Information Age
Location
University of Central Florida, Teaching Academy, room 117
Start Date
20-10-2014 9:30 AM
Description
Dr. Barry Mauer is a professor at the UCF Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D program. One of his interests is "Lost Data," or the problem of information disappearing, which is particularly troublesome for those who publish online. His talk will focus on the fact that while electronic information technologies have fostered an exponential growth in information, we must contend with the specter that inevitably follows us into this world: data loss. Data loss results from a variety of causes, including:
- Hard drive and server crashes
- Broken web links
- Companies and agencies going bankrupt or shutting down
- Document formats becoming obsolete
- Cyber attacks
In this presentation, Dr. Mauer discusses some of his own experiences with data loss in his open access work.
Lost Data: The Specter of the Information Age
University of Central Florida, Teaching Academy, room 117
Dr. Barry Mauer is a professor at the UCF Department of English and Texts & Technology Ph.D program. One of his interests is "Lost Data," or the problem of information disappearing, which is particularly troublesome for those who publish online. His talk will focus on the fact that while electronic information technologies have fostered an exponential growth in information, we must contend with the specter that inevitably follows us into this world: data loss. Data loss results from a variety of causes, including:
- Hard drive and server crashes
- Broken web links
- Companies and agencies going bankrupt or shutting down
- Document formats becoming obsolete
- Cyber attacks
In this presentation, Dr. Mauer discusses some of his own experiences with data loss in his open access work.
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