The top-level file directories on our disks are as follows:
Disk 1:
10/04/1995 01:50 PM <DIR> DOS
10/04/1995 01:50 PM <DIR> MAC
10/04/1995 01:50 PM <DIR> PLATES
10/04/1995 01:50 PM <DIR> UNIX
Disk 2:
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> DATA
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> DOS
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> MAC
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> NAV
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> SEGY
10/04/1995 12:26 PM <DIR> UNIX
Nary a GIF on either disk. Your files are earlier, from late 1994. I wonder if the disks were re-purposed and written over, except your copy was skipped. I
recall a story from the late 80s or 90s of someone buying a commercially produced children’s video on VHS and at the end of the show after all the credits there was pornography. Or is that an urban legend?
Kathleen Weessies
Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
517-884-0849
From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]>
On Behalf Of Brendan Whyte
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 7:43 PM
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Subject: CD accompanying AGU Antarctic Research Series vol.68
Dear all,
I am hoping someone can help me with a most unusual (I hope!) problem.
We have been working thorough digital preservation of our mapping publications on CD and DVD, and have come to this one:
AGU Antarctica Research series vol.69
our catalogue record is here: https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2607902
The item consists of a book, some maps in a case, and 2 CDs with maps data and viewing software.
It was published in 1995, but I don't think anyone has ever requested it to use in the reading rooms.
Our CDs look legit (they are printed with a map of Antarctica and the correct bibliographical info), and all the files all have creation dates of 1993-1995
The top level contents of disc 1 are 2 folders and 6 files as follows:
files:
director.ini created 29/07/1994
eeumv2.dxr created 19/10/1994
eeumv2.exe created 18/10/1994
fileio.dll created 29/07/1994
lingo.ini created 4/11/1994
readmw.wri created 16/10/1994
folders:
EEM2_GIF created 12/11/1994 (containing 250 gif files created 30/09/1994, named 10A.gif through 64H.gif)
GIF_VIEW created 12/11/1994 (containing a variety of .exe, .dll, .del, .dil, .hlp and .vbx fils)
My problem is this: the 250 gif files in EEM2_GIF are all semi-pornographic images.
Can anyone tell me if their copy of disc 1 of this publication also contains a folder of pictures of naked ladies?
As this appears to be genuine publication disc, how should we handle this in terms of cataloguing, digital preservation and public requests for the item? From a philosophic angle,
for us as a national library, it raises some interesting questions to say the least!
So: does anyone else have the same problem with their disc, and how have you handled this?
Thank you for any advice!
Dr Brendan Whyte
Curator of Maps
National Library of Australia