I'm sold.
sh
--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:
I can't think of anything to change!
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Olson" <erik@thekrib.com>
To: <aga-mcm@thekrib.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: [AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD
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
--
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com
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