{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"72591028","dateCreated":"1426452228","smartDate":"Mar 15, 2015","userCreated":{"username":"mrcaputo5","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mrcaputo5","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/ccs395.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/72591028"},"dateDigested":1532726191,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"3\/15\/15 expansion","description":"When we previously brought up preserving Digital content, the discussion was kept to preserving things that were physical; old films, old photos. Now don\u2019t get me wrong, these are all important things that should be preserved for the individual with whom they revolve around. But how are we combatting the \u201cdigital decay\u201d of such things such as popular films, or even more importantly then that, websites that once existed. One group that is working towards the preservation of such things may surprise you, the Library of Congress {1}. The Library of Congress is not alone in this preservation, there are also other websites such as the Way Back Machin {2}, a website that is dedicated to archiving as many website pages as it can, every single day. Do you want to remember what exactly the front page of Reddit looked like 3 years ago exactly with fully functioning links? As long as a snapshot of that page had been created, the Way Back Machine can accomplish that for you.<br \/>\nOf course it is not only websites that need to be preserved, no matter how important they are. There are other various forms of Digital Media that may often be passed over as unimportant by most, but can be argued for as being just as important as any other form of media. Once again the Library of Congress has stepped in, and has started a Video Game Archive {3}, alongside a Film archive {4}. What impresses me most about these archives, is that they are not only preserving the digital content themselves. What is also being saved are any pieces of literature, such as a game manual or something from a special edition of a film. I personally feel that these extra pieces of literature are just as important to the media themselves, and is something that I am sad to have seen go away in recent years, but that discussion is for another time. <br \/>\n<br \/>\n1)    &quot;Digital Preservation.&quot; (Library of Congress). N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2015.<br \/>\n2)    &quot;Internet Archive: Wayback Machine.&quot; Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2015.<br \/>\n3)    &quot;Yes, The Library of Congress Has Video Games: An Interview with David Gibson.&quot; The Signal Digital Preservation. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2015.<br \/>\n4)    &quot;Program National Film Preservation Board.&quot; About This Program -- National Film Preservation Board. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2015.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}