Fascinating! Thanks for posting. On Nov 11, 2010, at 2:55 AM, wolfgang wiehe wrote:
> 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 >>>> >>>> >> >> >
