Iain,

You might try "Light Impressions" a dealer of archival supplies. They 
market Archival Gold CD-R's which have significantly longer life than other 
CD media.

Their internet Address is: 
http://www.lightimpressionsdirect.com/servlet/OnlineShopping?DSP=50000&PCR=30000:200000:207000&IID=20720

Tom








At 04/23/2006  02:37 PM, you wrote:
>I am in the process of establishing my own consulting practice and am 
>thinking about how to store the digital images I am collecting. The way to 
>go seems to be to download them onto CD/DVD's. However there is a problem 
>with the longevity of CD/DVD's I think due to the variable size of the 
>'silver or gold' covering the disc. I have found lots of sites be 
>archivists bemoaning this fact but with no recommendations as to how to 
>overcome the problem.
>
>Does anyone have any concrete advice or can point me to some 
>specifications I could look for on CD/DVD's?
>
>yours
>
>Dr Iain Stuart
>Partner
>JCIS Consultants
>P.O. Box 2397
>Burwood North, NSW 2134
>Ph/Fax 9701 0191
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