Event Title

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:

  1. Hard drive and server crashes
  2. Broken web links
  3. Companies and agencies going bankrupt or shutting down
  4. Document formats becoming obsolete
  5. 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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Oct 20th, 9:30 AM

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:

  1. Hard drive and server crashes
  2. Broken web links
  3. Companies and agencies going bankrupt or shutting down
  4. Document formats becoming obsolete
  5. Cyber attacks

In this presentation, Dr. Mauer discusses some of his own experiences with data loss in his open access work.