[AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Phil Edwards wrote:

> Ah, I missed the point!  I didn't know it was a CD until AFTER I posted that. 
> It's going to have all the articles on the CD, isn't it?
>
> My beanie's not up to speed yet.  I'll catch up to formation soon....:)

No worries -- it's been quite a while since the AGA talked of this 
archive.  In fact, I beleive that was around the time I was calling you on 
a cellphone in the middle of the 2002 banquet so your local party would 
know the aquascaping contest was now open.  So it probably would have been 
worthwhile to recap the proposal to start.  Here's the "latest", 
incorporating yesterday's talk:

 1. This is a CD-ROM containing
        a. the "prehistorical" issues Vol 1-3, never available as back issues
        b. all of Neil's and Mary's issues, now out-of-print
        c. my one-shot issue, even though it's still for sale (just 'cause
           it closes out the black-n-white era)
        d. the out-of-print PAM's? [New Idea]
        d. Indexes and cross-references for ALL issues of TAG and PAM as
           of date of release

 2. Technical details on the pages themselves: 100 dpi resamples of each 
page, saved as reasonably-high quality jpegs, with HTML pages surrounding 
them for navigation.  The pages are NOT turned back into text, and thus 
not searchable.  We're relying on the indexes for this.

 3. For issues not included in the archive (i.e., everything available for 
purchase!), have something on its contents page that says "this back-issue 
is available for purchase" with a back-link to the website. [New Idea]

 4. Also release DVD-ROM version that also contains 300 dpi printable PDFs 
(but again, based on JPEG images, not on original text). [New Idea]

 5. The AGA Website already contains (today!) a significantly scaled-down 
version of the archive (www.aquatic-gardeners.org/TAGIndex):

        a. It's integrated into the main website and incorporates its
           style sheets, etc
        b. No actual articles hosted on the website, just indexes,
           covers, and tables of contents
        c. Website version will be modified to have the TOC's report
           "This issue is available as part of our back issue CD-ROM"
           or "This issue is available for individual purchase" with
           appropriate linkes [New Idea]

 6. Pricing: I propose $25 for the DVD-ROM and $20 for the CD-ROM,
    with a $5 hike for non-members or people out of the country.  CD's
    and DVD's are very cheap to ship.  Domestically, it's about a
    buck-o-five (actually buck-o-six, but they didn't write a song about
    that in Team America).  Foreign is $2.50-3.50, and I have to go down
    to the Post Office.  But I kinda like the idea of giving the foreign
    nonmembers a break and not penalizing them twice.

 7. Why it's not going to happen today, and might not happen for 
another 6-12 months:

        a. Need to rescan TAG v.4-10 as originals lost in a hard drive
           crash in 2000 before backup.  Cheryl just mailed me a nicer
           set that has the real covers for the first year and doesn't
           have my home address pasted on the back.

        b. Program mods to implement the new ideas, and split out the
           author index alphabetically.  Also need icon for subject index.

        c. baby #2 is due March 1st.

So I guess I'd like to see feedback on the modified proposal so it can be 
brought to a vote & maybe finished in the next month.  But if it's a year 
from now, at least it's official.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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