I reckon there will be a great demand for this - however if a commercial
enterprise gets involved I think the rights should principally belong to the
MJ and not another company
There is mileage for heritage lottery funding for a project of this nature
and it cost a darn site less than Churchill's papers
Mike
www.moorebooks.co.uk
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From: penwith <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: Mining Journal
> Hi,
>
> There is a firm in Cinderford, Forest of Dean which specializes in
> transferring the printed word to CD-ROM. I would guess that so far they
have
> completed better than 400 books. This firm is Archive CD Books -
> www.archivecdbooks.com. and [log in to unmask]
>
> I have received a number of their books, and they are of an excellent
> standard, designed for both the Macintosh and PC. The books are not
scanned,
> but each double page is photographed and then separated, and converted
either
> as an html image or a pdf file. Later products are fully searchable. The
firm
> is becoming a recognised resource, having completed work for both the
British
> Library and PRO.
>
> I'm not sure of their terms, but I believe the cost to the owner is the
right
> for Archive CD Books to exclusively market the final CD. I would suggest
that
> at the present time it is a firm such as this which offers the best
> opportunity to achieve the transfer from a print format to a digital
format
> currently available. For a library it means no longer do the public have
to
> access the printed copy thus preserving them for posterity, coupled with
the
> ease of making multiple copies within the library.
>
> I would anticipate the cost to the individual of an annual set of the MJ
would
> be similar to that quoted by Peter in an earlier email, if the firm's
current
> prices can be used as a benchmark.
>
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
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