Archive.org's scanning center destroyed by fire

drjenkins · 11-07-2013, 06:29 AM

http://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/s...-help-rebuild/

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This morning at about 3:30 a.m. a fire started at the Internet Archive’s San Francisco scanning center. The good news is that no one was hurt and no data was lost.

They are looking for donations to replace the $600,000 worth of book, film and microfilm scanning equipment lost in the fire.

JoeD · 11-07-2013, 06:37 AM

No insurance cover?

jscarbo · 11-07-2013, 08:59 AM

Thanks for posting about this. It's a great organization. I've made a donation to help them re-build and encourage others to do so if you can afford it. They accept Amazon Payments, Paypal and other forms of payment. Here's the link: https://archive.org/donate/

Miilu · 11-07-2013, 02:56 PM

No insurance!
I thought there were reasonable human beings...

theducks · 11-09-2013, 10:22 AM

Where do you get insurance that does not depreciate the value of items quickly? More quickly even than the IRS allows for equipment.

So much of the equipment I use every day has NO value as far as the Insurance is concerned.
They will replace the WALLS of my home office.
There won't be anything in there, because nothing has any value left. Some of the stuff is no longer replaceable, as it is no longer even available, even USED.

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11-07-2013, 06:37 AM	#2
JoeD Guru Posts: 895 Karma: 4383958 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: na	No insurance cover?

11-07-2013, 08:59 AM	#3
jscarbo Addict Posts: 220 Karma: 1075434 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Costa Rica Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle PW2, Nook HD+, Nexus 7	Thanks for posting about this. It's a great organization. I've made a donation to help them re-build and encourage others to do so if you can afford it. They accept Amazon Payments, Paypal and other forms of payment. Here's the link: https://archive.org/donate/

11-07-2013, 02:56 PM	#4
Miilu Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: none	No insurance! I thought there were reasonable human beings...

11-09-2013, 10:22 AM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,778 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Where do you get insurance that does not depreciate the value of items quickly? More quickly even than the IRS allows for equipment. So much of the equipment I use every day has NO value as far as the Insurance is concerned. They will replace the WALLS of my home office. There won't be anything in there, because nothing has any value left. Some of the stuff is no longer replaceable, as it is no longer even available, even USED.

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