Short essays on archives, provenance, and putting AI to work on real libraries.
Every library that depends on people uploading and tagging goes quiet. The fix isn't more discipline. It's reversing the direction of the work.
Generative tools are entering the pipeline whether the pipeline is ready or not. The difference between chaos and control is provenance on every output.
LTO is the cheapest storage in the building and the least loved. With an index and previews on top, it stops being the place files go to be forgotten.