@conference {60,
	title = {The Economics of Long-Term Digital Storage},
	booktitle = {The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation},
	year = {2012},
	month = {09/2012},
	publisher = {United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)},
	organization = {United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)},
	address = {Vancouver, Canada},
	abstract = {<p>Paper as the medium for the world{\textquoteright}s memory has one great advantage; it survives benign neglect well. Bits, on the other hand, need continual care, and thus a con- tinual flow of money. A Blue Ribbon panel described economic sustainability as the major issue facing long- term digital preservation. This is despite Kryder{\textquoteright}s Law, the 30-year history of the cost of digital storage media dropping exponentially. If economics are the major con- cern even when Kryder{\textquoteright}s Law holds, what will happen if it slows or stops? We present evidence that it will, and some simulations of the impact on digital preservation costs.</p>
},
	url = {http://www.fsl.cs.stonybrook.edu/docs/unesco12/UNESCO2012-storage-econ.pdf},
	author = {David S. H. Rosenthal and Daniel C. Rosenthal and Ethan L. Miller and Ian F. Adams and Mark W. Storer and Erez Zadok}
}
