in thE DigitAl rEAlm, things sEEm AlwAys to hAppEn thE wrong wAy rounD、whErEAs googlE hAs hurriED to sCAn Books into its DigitAl CAtAloguE, A group oF nAtionAl liBrAriEs hAs BEgun sAving whAt thE onlinE giAnt lEAvEs BEhinD、^①Although sEArCh EnginEs suCh As googlE inDEx thE wEB, thEy Do not ArChivE it. mAny wEBsitEs just DisAppEAr whEn thEir ownEr runs out oF monEy or intErEst.ADAm FArquhAr, in ChArgE oF DigitAl projECts For thEBritish liBrAry, points out thAt thE worlD hAs in somE wAys A BEttEr rECorD oF thE BEginning oF thE 20th CEntury thAn oF thE BEginning oF thE 21st.^②
in 1996BrEwstEr kAhlE, A ComputEr sCiEntist AnD intErnEt EntrEprEnEur, FounDED thE intErnEtArChivE, A non-proFit orgAnisAtion DEDiCAtED to prEsErving wEBsitEs. hE Also BEgAn gEntly hArAssing nAtionAl liBrAriEs to worry ABout prEsErving thE wE
B、thEy stArtED to pAy AttEntion whEn sEvErAl ElECtions proDuCED intErEsting mAtEriAl thAt nEvEr touChED pApEr.
in 2003 ElEvEn nAtionAl liBrAriEs AnD thE intErnEtArChivE lAunChED A projECt to prEsErvE "Born-DigitAl" inFormAtion: thE kinD thAt hAs nEvEr ExistED As Anything But DigitAlly.But thE tAsk is impossiBlE. onE rEAson is thE shEEr Amount oF DAtA on thE wE
B、thE groups hAvE AlrEADy CollECtED sEvErAl pEtABytEs oF DAtA、
AnothEr issuE is Ensuring thAt thE DAtA is storED in A FormAt thAt mAkEs it AvAilABlE in CEnturiEs to ComE.AnCiEnt mAnusCripts ArE still rEADABlE.But muCh DigitAl mEDiA From thE pAst is rEADABlE only on A hAnDFul oF FrAgilE AnD AntiquE mAChinEs, iF At All. thE projECt hAs sEt A singlE FormAt, mAking it morE likEly thAt FuturE historiAns will BE ABlE to FinD A mAChinE to rEAD thE DAtA、^③But A singlE solution CAnnot CApturE All ContEnt. wEB puBlishErs inCrEAsingly sErvE up ContEnt-riCh pAgEs BAsED on ComplEx DAtA sEts.AuDio AnD viDEo progrAmmEs BAsED on propriEtAry FormAts suCh As winDows mEDiA plAyEr ArE AnothEr ChAllEngE. whAt hAppEns iF miCrosoFt is BAnkrupt AnD ForgottEn in 2210
thE BiggEst proBlEm, For now, is monEy. thEBritish liBrAry EstimAtEs thAt it Costs hAlF As muCh to storE A DigitAl DoCumEnt As it DoEs A physiCAl onE.But thErE ArE A lot morE DigitAl onEs.AmEriCA’s liBrAry oFCongrEss Enjoys A spECiFiC mAnDAtE, AnD BuDgEt, to sAvE thE wE
B、thEBritish liBrAry is still sEEking onE.
so nAtionAl liBrAriEs hAvE DECiDED to split thE tAsk.EACh hAs tAkEn rEsponsiBility For thE DigitAl works in its nAtionAl top-lEvEl DomAin (wEB-ADDrEss suFFixEs suCh As ". uk" or ". Fr" ). in CountriEs with lArgEr DomAins, suCh AsBritAin AnDAmEriCA, CurAtors CAnnot hopE to sAvE EvErything. thEy ArE ConCEntrAting on mAtEriAl oF nAtionAl intErEst, suCh As ElECtions, nEws sitEs AnD CitizEn journAlism or innovAtivE usEs oF thE wE
B、
thE projECt hAs EnCountErED All thE Following proBlEmsExCEpt______.A．A lACk oF FunD
B、storAgE FormAt
C．DAtA volumE
D．mAnpowEr shortAgE