Instances of information being lost in the internet age?

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Growing up, I read a lot. A LOT, much of it being pro-black literature, books about the african contintent, books about our history here in America. And sometimes I wonder if all this info is making the information transfer to the internet.

I know of one instance of something I read in a book when I was growing up, and I can't find it on the internet AT ALL.

Have any of y'all encountered this?

 

[Umoja]

Look at things this way.

In certain professions, relying on the internet (information you can Google) is frowned upon. You're supposed to rely on the information within databases. Sometimes you will have to pick up practioneer books and journals.

The information might be on the internet, but you will have to pay for it and/or know where to look.

The information on the surface level is shallow. I would not expect it to cover material you invested time in researching and studying.

 

[pawdalaw]

Eyes On The Prize

A documentary series about race relations/conflicts in America. Was available on VHS, but some type of copyright rule prevented it from being transferred to other forms of media. Lots of lost footage from the civil rights era .

 

[HDiron]

There’s a thread in this room about something. called “roblox” And I’ve honestly never head of that. Am I old? I guess.

 

[Geek Nasty]

That's pretty normal though. It takes effort to migrate old media to the internet. Someone has to have a reason to do it. You could be that man if you can find the old books and create that magic node on the Google.

I'm an oldhead and 10-15 years ago I had trouble finding references to all kinds of legacy media. It's gotten way better now.

 

[Clayton Endicott]

Eyes On The Prize

A documentary series about race relations/conflicts in America. Was available on VHS, but some type of copyright rule prevented it from being transferred to other forms of media. Lots of lost footage from the civil rights era .

They still show it on PBS. It was just on a couple of weeks ago.

 

[1LurkerChick9]

It’s definitely a thing

If you are familiar with the work digital archivists do,it’s a huge concern. If the information isn’t accessed often it gets buried deeper within the web . Also, if the information is a certain format/media type that is no longer used , it has to be converted or it will no longer be accessible and cease to exist.

With the vast amount of information on the web (and archivists not exactly being a valued profession) things will simply disappear

 

[get these nets]

Eyes On The Prize

A documentary series about race relations/conflicts in America. Was available on VHS, but some type of copyright rule prevented it from being transferred to other forms of media. Lots of lost footage from the civil rights era .

Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement DVD 7PK - AV Item

 

[CopiousX]

Growing up, I read a lot. A LOT, much of it being pro-black literature, books about the african contintent, books about our history here in America. And sometimes I wonder if all this info is making the information transfer to the internet.

I know of one instance of something I read in a book when I was growing up, and I can't find it on the internet AT ALL.

Have any of y'all encountered this?

I think this is compounded by the fact that there is no incentive for large publishers to reprint or digitalize african or afroCentric content. We are a tiny demographic among book buyers and we lack think tanks to propagate and republish our works .


The conditions our works are written in also make content only as old as the 90s, difficult to find. Something like the works of the evolutionary/behavioral psychologist Amos wilson were self published to begin with and under his own brand; so once dr. Wilson died; his works died with him without the aid of the afformention publishers or think tanks.

 

[Oatmeal]

It’s definitely a thing

If you are familiar with the work digital archivists do,it’s a huge concern. If the information isn’t accessed often it gets buried deeper within the web . Also, if the information is a certain format/media type that is no longer used , it has to be converted or it will no longer be accessible and cease to exist.

With the vast amount of information on the web (and archivists not exactly being a valued profession) things will simply disappear

This is an EXTREME problem within certain fields like specifically automotive stuff. There were forums with DIY information for all types of vehicles with picture guides and just tons of information out there. Then over the years people stop paying for hosting or places go under and all that info just vanishes

So you sitting there with your 2008 vehicle that you had a bunch of resources 5 years ago for that now isn't available.

 

[CoryMack]

They still show it on PBS. It was just on a couple of weeks ago.

It’s on YouTube