Many of state’s digital records disappearing

The Contra Costa Times reports California State officials — like their counterparts in the federal government and the private sector — are facing a perplexing paradox: Documents and publications available at lightning speed can disappear just as quickly.

With no uniform or consistent procedures in place to capture the records of California government, much is being lost, officials say.

Half would be a conservative estimate, said John Jewell, chief of state library services for the California State Library.