hi david, digitalizing costs a lot - for equipment and personal. the munich BSB is doing a great job in preparing such a lot of digitals for us, but first for preserving their treasures, too. if we are looking to cologne, we know, what it means, if such a large archive is destroyed.
http://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?c=digitalisierung-scanner&l=de on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16rNqnxj0U greetings w. -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Datum: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:45:25 -0800 > Von: David Tayler <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> > An: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries? > For everyone who buys one, there are a hundred who will not. It will > all be online eventually, so why not do it now? So everyone can be > wiser and more musical. > I think if someone is faced with a decision, hey, I can charge for > this, or give it freely to the world, well, there is a choice that is > more than a personal decision, because it is a question of whether it > is part of our greater musical society. And I don't want my > facsimiles cleaned up. Just put it all online please, before I croak. > And thanks to those who do. > > dt > > At 03:24 PM 11/10/2010, you wrote: > >Hello David & All: > > > >While I agree in concept that the facsimiles should be available, > >and that providing access to the source material is a good thing, I > >don't necessarily believe charging for facsimiles is evil. Perhaps > >you meant 'a necessary evil'? The work that goes into preparing a > >facsimile; photographing, maximizing its legibility, concordances if > >they are part of the package, reproducing, binding and conveying to > >players, certainly is not carried out by nefarious, money-grubbing > >Dick Cheney types (as a reference for evil personified). Well > >probably not anyway. I appreciate all of my Boethius and Minkoff > >facsimiles and, even if they cost as much as a small house, they > >don't smell of sulfur when I crack the covers. > > > >Ron Andrico > > > > > Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:33:08 -0800 > > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > > From: vidan...@sbcglobal.net > > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) > libraries? > > > > > > Although I understand all of the issues, including compensating ppl > > > for their time, charging money for facsimiles is basically evil, and > > > in the long run everyone will be better served by having more music > > > available--more concerts, more audience, more work. > > > What all libraries should do is just put it all online, and then if > > > someone wants to make an edition and sell it, fine. Just make a PDF, > > > and upload it, and I guarantee that everyone will benefit. > > > This also prevents players from owning a repertory by limiting access. > > > > > > If scholars want to sell the commentary as a separate book, that is > > > also fine, and continues an established tradition. > > > dt > > > > > > > > > > > > At 12:32 PM 11/10/2010, you wrote: > > > > Still something that I don't get: > > > > > > > > why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS > > > > available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the > > > > Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while > > > > there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) - that > > > > still do not even seem to envisage that ... > > > > > > > > Shall we (as single members of the list) put some pressure on our > local > > > > libraries? Send an email to the curators of their music departments > - > > > > maybe as rightful, registered members of the library, as I guess > some > > > > of us are - and ask about it? > > > > (Of course, this doesn't want to diminuish at all the value of such > > > > pubblication as the Dd.2.11 by the Lute Society. The scholarship > part > > > > is something you dont get in a digital facsimile ...) > > > > Your opinion, listers? > > > > Matteo > > > > On 10 November 2010 20:19, Denys Stephens > > > > <[1]denyssteph...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > > > > It's also worth noting that whilst some > > > > of > > > > the world's libraries are making digital copies of their musical > > > > sources > > > > available, there is currently no expectation that this, or indeed > > > > any of the > > > > Cambridge University Library manuscripts will become available as > > > > free > > > > electronic downloads. > > > > Denys > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > >References > > > > > > > > 1. mailto:denyssteph...@ukonline.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > > > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > >
