IEEE Spectrum
What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks
Floppy disks are several decades old—many of the disks are degrading and the data stored on them is at risk of being lost. In response, Leontien Talboom , a technical analyst at Cambridge University Libraries and Archives, led a roughly year-long project preserving floppy disks called “ Future Nostalgia ,” which concluded in January. Leontien Talboom Leontien Talboom is a technical analyst at…
