Hoi, I have had the pleasure of getting a tour at the Bibliotheka Alexandrina. It was impressive and it certainly is not that simple. Certainly not when you want to have a high quality high volume protocol. Thanks, GerardM
2009/7/19 Geoffrey Plourde <geo.p...@yahoo.com> > Digitizing isn't really that hard. You take a scanner, upload an image, > label it, repeat. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:28:28 AM > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] foundation-l Digest, Vol 64, Issue 51 > > 2009/7/18 Durova <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com>: > > Put me in touch with instructors at art schools and I'll incorporate > > restoration into their curriculum. You'll be surprised how scaleable > this > > is, particularly if we work out exhibition opportunities. > > > > -Durova > > Restoration isn't the problem for the most part. The English part of > the National Monuments Record contains about 10 million items (mostly > photos I think). Wales and Scotland ad few million more. > > That includes a fairly complete public domain aerial survey of the UK > from the 1940s. > > We do not have the capacity to support digitalization on that scale. > -- > geni > ---- > Are you talking about our capacity or their capacity? The Library of > Congress has 14 million items and has been digitizing since 1994. It's an > ongoing process; they've developed excellent protocols. > > http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/about/techIn.html > > -Durova > > -- > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l