Archiving research material

摘要

How often do you hear someone expressing concern about what will happen to their collection of material when they pass into that great tractor world in the sky? You hear rumours of valuable collections of important material being consigned to the bin or the bonfire, or otherwise destroyed as the surviving relatives fail to realise the true value of what they are looking at. It collects dust; it gets in the way or in some cases is grandpa's funny hobby and appears to be of little value: glad to see the back of it.