RE: [lace] future value of a specialised Lace Library
Hi Jeri and others I am chiming in a bit late after recovering from the excitement of my son's wedding. Interesting topic, as a Librarian and owner of a small personal lace library myself I have wondered often about this. Like you I used to think that my books would increase in value as they become rarer and hard to find. On the other hand, I have also been keen to acquire ebooks for my uni students as they are easier to locate and download and serve students at multi campuses. However, researchers (serious students like us lacemakers) keep telling me of the benefits of thumbing through a print book and being able to just flick back and forwards visually between pages etc. They are frustrated with ebooks and ebook readers still don't seem to allow this quick flicking either with time lapse between loading each page. I can certainly see their point,. I think the print book is probably going to outlast the digital age for serious researchers providing that the print books can still be produced economically. Print on demand may be the only way this will be possible. I lose patience with downloading from the Arizona site despite the fantastic content. Maybe when my life is not so busy I will enjoy using it more. Having said that, I have used it for researching my book and it was a most valuable resource. Lorelei is also correct in saying that digitized collections are being archived in new and exciting ways which may improve retrieval in surprising ways. However, volumes and volumes of books are being destroyed after digitization because storage is too expensive. If the systems crash like Lucy and others have predicted a lot of knowledge will certainly be lost. Digital backup and storage is also expensive and everything eventually comes down to cost. Thanks for raising the topic Jeri and thanks for all the great insights everyone. Thanks also for your work in preserving the lace resource centre. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
[lace] Some Puncetto tutorials
Dear spiders, I've been working on some Puncetto Valsesiano tutorials and would appreciate feedback. I'm not an expert! I put these together because a number of people told me that they had trouble finding adequate information in English, beyond a few drawings. http://apinnick.wordpress.com/patterns-and-tutorials/ Scroll halfway down to the Needlelace section. Thanks, Avital -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Some Puncetto tutorials
It sure looks understandable to me! Good work Avital. Lauren Avital wrote: Dear spiders, I've been working on some Puncetto Valsesiano tutorials and would appreciate feedback. I'm not an expert! I put these together because a number of people told me that they had trouble finding adequate information in English, beyond a few drawings. http://apinnick.wordpress.com/patterns-and-tutorials/ Scroll halfway down to the Needlelace section. Thanks, Avital No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.862 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3177 - Release Date: 10/04/10 11:35:00 - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
Re: [lace] Some Puncetto tutorials
Thanks, Lauren! I want to clarify that these tutorials aren't finished yet. I still have to show how to work through a pattern, how to do blocks and spaces, webs, and diamonds. Nancy pointed out that I need links so that if you're in one part of the tutorial, you can get to the next part, since there are gaps between 2 and 3. I'll try to get to that soon! Avital On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:36 PM, L.Snyder l.sny...@aceweb.com wrote: It sure looks understandable to me! Good work Avital. Lauren http://apinnick.wordpress.com/patterns-and-tutorials/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
