Kelvin,
The Mining Journal have themselves considered converting the 19th century
issues into a digital form but the scanning technology was not up to it at
the time - around a 95 percent accuracy if I recall correctly. It was
discussed on the list some time back. The real advantage I see, if it ever
happens, will be the ability to search back number for a specific mine, name
or string of words. At the same time, after all the hours spent manually
searching, to be able to do it at the click of a mouse brings mixed feelings.
There is no problem using material from the MJ after 70 years. Copyright
is, I believe, reactivated if the periodical is microfilmed (and the same
might apply if republished on a CD) but that only relates to copying
directly from the new format. The National Library of Wales will not provide
copies from its holding of British Library microfilm on copyright grounds.
You would acknoweldge the source anyway as a MJ extract is pretty worthless
with out the source references.
Look forward to seeing them on the web.
Peter
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