[hand waggle] we did a digitization project at work somewhat recently and the answer to the "good/bad/necessary" is basically, it depends. If someone who knows what they're doing has done really really clear requirements and thought about what will need to be accessed in the future and how, then it's possible that it helps a lot! If it's done poorly, well, you'd have been better off with the paper. That said, people are fuckign awful at defining what they want or knowing what they actually need, so the odds are on "bigger mess than you started with," which, given Iron Mountain's longevity, I would bet their systems are actually pretty functional.
To consolidate a reply to your other comment: It is deeply fascinating to me, as someone who works in public service, how incredibly little understanding he and his army of mini Nazis have of how anything works. Typical of that kind of cishet White guy and regrettably reminiscent of my ex, but. Fascinating in a "if this weren't reality" kind of way.
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Date: 2025-04-04 06:40 pm (UTC)To consolidate a reply to your other comment: It is deeply fascinating to me, as someone who works in public service, how incredibly little understanding he and his army of mini Nazis have of how anything works. Typical of that kind of cishet White guy and regrettably reminiscent of my ex, but. Fascinating in a "if this weren't reality" kind of way.