This link came to me completely by coincidence. It shows how lottery money
is being used to digitise historical references.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1919000/1919330.stm
Roger
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Moore" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 10 April 2002 06:27
Subject: Re: Mining Journal
> 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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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: penwith <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> 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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