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Two other events, from my work in newspaper, sparked my interest in the subject of preservation. In 2000, one of my jobs was to assist in publishing legal notices. It interests me to see the newspaper’s legal requirements to make notices archiveable, assessable, verifiable and reproducible. I have inferred that these criteria were developed to ensure the legals’ have proper reference in the future. The other event occurred during a conversation with the director of the histori- cal room at our local library. We discussed the way in which the library archives PDFs of newly published papers. I mentioned to him that while I worked in the online department, I saw numerous articles published to the newspaper’s blog that were not reproduced in the print edition. When I asked him if those stories were preserved at the library, he said, “No.” Since then I’ve begun my journey to learn more. I’ve joined the Library of Congress Digital Preservation 42 Outreach and Education Program and participated in the email conversations. Readers in Europe can lookup Digital Preservation Europe. Many of the preservation techniques suggested by these programs are rather advanced; but we may do simple things that can make sure e-books, digital magazines and papers survive longer.