Self-study
P1
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Problem ·
Potential for losing recorded information is higher than ever
This is a concern for archivists, whose job is to preserve vital records forever.
Examples ·
Books printed on acidic paper, color photographs, videotapes
These items don't last for long, unlike some documents that were made hundreds or thousands of years ago.
P2
Apparent solution ·
Computer technology
Allows archivists to save stuff electronically.
Why solution won't work ·
New generation of technology replaces the previous one quickly
Tech for reading CDs might not be available in the near future. Digital storage tapes might deteriorate.
Another aspect of problem ·
Running out of time
(This looks like a transition. The author will explain what he means in the next paragraph.)
P3
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Elaborate on this aspect ·
Archivists don't have enough time to decide what to save
Even if we could store things on computer technology for a very long time, we still have to decide what stuff to transfer onto that technology. But there's too many records in the world to identify everything that's essential to save. So some things that are essential will likely still be lost.
Passage Style
Problem-analysis
Single position
10.
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a
Archivists have little ██████ ███ ██ ██████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ██ █████ ████████████
Strongly supported. The author suggests this at the end of P2, when she says that archivists are “
b
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Anti-supported. The author says that archivists are “
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Anti-supported. The author raises durability concerns with non-electronic storage methods as well.
d
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Unsupported comparison. The author just identifies certain problems with methods of storing images and certain problems with methods of storing text, as well as many problems common to both kinds of information. She never suggest that images are more troublesome than text.
e
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The author doesn’t suggest this correlation. She acknowledges that new methods of storing information take up little space and are less durable than older methods, but she doesn’t suggest that one implies the other. In fact, she notes that computer storage might start to become