Dear Editor:

Your August 18th issue had an article about the Judd
Foundation by Sam Karas that was very interesting to me. 

I am glad that the Thomas Foundation announced a US$60,000 grant toward
digitizing the private library of Donald Judd to assist in global viewing
(presumably via the Internet).

The last sentence of the first paragraph states that "... a previous 
iteration of the virtual library relied on software that no longer 
exists." I do hope that the digitized materials are still available 
in a readable format for use, even if the interface software is no 
longer is available.
 
Communications Director Andrea Walsh was quoted as saying that the new
effort would utilize software intended for longevity.

Hopefully the digitized materials are still available, and that labor
will not have to be repeated. However, if not, I offer a URL to learn 
more about archival digital storage,
https://sqlite.org/locrsf.html
That URL includes live links to pertinent information at the
Library of Congress website.

Perhaps Andrea Walsh already knows that the Library of Congress
certifies software suitable for archival storage. 

SQLite is Free and Open Source software that is available and one of
the storage formats accepted by the Library of Congress. If implemented
properly, the digitized materials could be archived to LOC standards,
with a well defined public API (Application Programming Interface).
The API could be available to facilitate alternate interfaces in addition 
to whatever 'Virtual Library' interface is provided by the Judd Foundation. 


Best Regards,
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Michael 'Mac' McDaniel
https://autosysTXLLC.com
Alpine TX USA
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