Attribution and Use of Sources

[Harpsichordmaker]

From what I understand, they still have all their data, but they don't want to simply "restore the backup and carry on" -- because those systems would have the same vulnerabilities. It's going to take time to migrate their data to new systems.

I wholeheartedly hope so. However, their report says they have located “viable sources of unaffected backups… from which data could be recovered.” (page 9)
And:
“Digital collections, […] through backups and/or third party copies… though full validation will only be possible once each dataset is checked.” (page 10)

From: https://www.bl.uk/home/british-library- ... h-2024.pdf

Of course they are sensibly using a lot of caution in their public communications, this may be the reason why their wording doesn’t seem fully reassuring. However even a partial restore of digital collections will be welcome. Finger crossed.

[benwiggy]

They still have the paper originals, at least!

[OCTO]

It's probably worth mentioning that a lot of libraries will have received some sort of government funding for digital scanning programmes, which will make public access a condition. (EU cultural funding, particularly.)

We do live in an extraordinary age, where I can sit in my chair and browse through manuscripts from Vienna, Naples, Paris, London, etc. (In fact, as I type this, I have a set of 17th-century part books from Cambridge University displaying in another window....)

Yes, special times indeed. While you are browsing a score in Vienna you can post to the notat.io forum for us to read worldwide!