British Library compiling email archive
Those thousands of emails in your inbox might be worth something one day. No, you can't sell them for cash, but archaeologists of the future will be able to tell a lot about the 21st century by looking at our discourse.The British Library and Microsoft are launching a project to archive millions of emails for future study. The idea is that email is the main form of written communication, replacing the letters sent in bygone days. Of course, the archive will consist of messages that people voluntarily send to the museum, so it might present a rather skewed look at 21st century communication.
Still, if you want to participate, forward an email from your inbox or sent messages to email@emailbritain.co.uk. It would appear that the museum's looking primarily for British emails. So if you're not in the UK but want to be included, now might be a good time to look up that old pen pal in London.
[via Telegraph]
