Re: TAG archives (fwd)

[Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>]

Erik wrote:
>Another option for back issues.  Doesn't help our non-computer-using
>brethren.
>
>(I can do this if there's an interest, btw.)

>placing the back issues of TAG onto CD-ROM (it could be done in both plain
>text and Adobe PDF format) and making it available for sale to AGA members
>(non-members might be interested to, at a higher price). The individual
>issues could be scanned, run thru a OCR program, edited for correctness,
andthen archived. If anyone had concerns about it depressing interest in
peoplejoining the AGA it could be limited to issues more than 2 years old.


I like the idea... especially if Eric is willing to do it!... but would put
it on hold until we deplete the majority of Diana Walstad's current
inventory of back issues. AGA has hundred's and hundred's of dollars of
inventory, including the complete volume 4 (1991) and the individual issues
for 1998 and 1999.
 
>Hadn't thought of it.  From a technical side, the heck with OCR... the AGA
>put out the magazines, the AGA (presumably) has the original source to
>everything.  A quick translation to HTML, and there you go.

Unfortunately... No. 
I checked my hard disc and I only have electronic copies of the most
recent 5 years... may not be all issues... and I can't be sure if it is the
final copy that went to press (often, Bob Day assembled the final issue and
I may not have kept a copy... and then there were FINAL edits done at the
printers).  I did not think to save the text for this purpose. DARN!! 

>
>However, in thinking about it for a minute, I suspect there would be
>problems with some of the articles because of the arrangements with the
>authors.  For instance, reprints from Dupla or Christel Kassleman's
>articles.  I suspect they would not take kindly to having their works
>redistributed on a CD-ROM.  The very nature of the beast (that it's easily
>copyable) turns off some people.

That is an interesting point.... but technically, the same argument can be
made for the xerox machine. I would not let that stop us. We have a
disclaimer at the bottom of the TOC page which says the material can be
reprinted by not for profit organizatins.

--neil


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