University students have come to expect free email, Internet access and data storage when they enrol, though these perks are generally cut off or scaled down after graduation. But the incoming class of Information and Library Science students at the University of North Carolina will get something a lot more valuable and a lot more permanent: free data storage for life.

The program is called LifeTime Library and you can read about it here. It will offer students personal and persistent data storage they can use over their lives.