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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>At the IIPC conference last year, Vint Cerf and Rick Whitt spoke about the challenges of digital preservation. Rick just had his paper published. Haven’t read it yet, but the intro looks very good. </span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Here is the </span><a href="http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/chtlj/vol33/iss2/1/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>link</span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> -=- Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Mike Kearney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Huntsville, Alabama, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Rick Whitt [mailto:whitt@google.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 10, 2017 1:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mike Kearney <kearneysolutions@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> my "digital dark ages" paper just published<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>Hello Mike, and happy new year. I wanted to let you know that my law journal article on digital preservation has just been published by the Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal. Here is the <a href="http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/chtlj/vol33/iss2/1/" target="_blank">link</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>I look forward to working together in 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'>-Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>_________________________________<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Richard S. Whitt<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Corporate Director for Strategic Initiatives,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> Google Access<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Alphabet Inc.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1250 Charleston Road<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Mountain View, CA 94043<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>650.450.1705 (Mobile)<br><a href="mailto:whitt@google.com" target="_blank">whitt@google.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>World. Wide. Web.</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Here's a link to my latest law journal article, on digital preservation:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt'><a href="http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/chtlj/vol33/iss2/1/" target="_blank">http://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/chtlj/vol33/iss2/1/</a></span><span style='font-size:9.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>View my LinkedIn page: </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-whitt/1/337/760" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pub/richard-whitt/1/337/760</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>