Re: [AGA-mcm] TAG archive CD/DVD

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

I am no Adobe expert by any means but I would think it
would be best to have one tag page per PDF page since
you can change your page view to view 2 or more pages
at a time in Acrobat. You can also zoom in so you
could go the other way with a 2 up format, but this
seems to be most convenient.

Larry
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:

> I might send out some disks for people to beta-test.
>  Since I'm home with 
> Markus (no daycare on MLK Day), I've got most of the
> TAGs scanned already!
> 
> Here's a question: Do you think it would make sense
> having one "TAG page" 
> per PDF page, or do 2 side-by-side "TAG Pages" for
> each PDF page?
> 
>    - Erik
> 
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Larry Lampert wrote:
> 
> > Me too. I want a DVD as soon as they are
> available!
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > --- "S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> 
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