DNA as a new method of digital data storage

Quite the most exciting, extraordinary thing that I've read about recently: encoding information in DNA as a means of high density archival data storage. The Guardian has a news article about this: 'Shakespeare's sonnets encoded in DNA' and the original research is reported in an article in Nature 'Towards practical, high-capacity, low-maintenance information storage in synthesized DNA'.

Links to the ALISS presentations

All three presentations from last month's ALISS Christmas seminar are now available on Slideshare.

Sharon Johnson's (Head of Content Development Implementation, The British Library) presentation "Are we nearly there? Measuring progress and success on the road to implementation" is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/alissinfo/are-we-nearly-there-measuring-progress-and-success-on-the-road-to-implementation

The presentation "Transforming our collections: How we reviewed over 1 million items in five years and got them all to fit!" by Paul Johnson (Head of Collections and Space, University of Reading) and Claire Cannings (Collections Project Co-ordinator, University of Reading) is available at: http://www.slideshare.net/alissinfo/transforming-our-collections-how-we-reviewed-over-1-million-items-in-five-years-and-got-them-all-to-fit