Bill wrote "should be scanned and replaced in the TSA or TSS archive of issues, though probably no need to mess with what's in KIP." I strongly disagree.
First, KIP makes the Texas Caver and other publications available and easily discoverable internationally, not just those who know to look in the TSA or TSS websites or who luck into them through a web search. Second, one of the common misconceptions we experience is from helpful cavers who volunteer to scan materials and send them for posting on KIP. It is far better if the KIP team does the scanning. Their highly specialized equipment scans in ways that our typical home and office scanners can't. Also, the KIP team encodes a lot of hidden data in each scan, making them easier to find and usable by tools that will be implemented by KIP in the future to give users even greater abilities in finding and using the information. In short, if any of you find something missing or badly scanned and have an unbound copy that you would allow the KIP team to scan to fill the gap and/or post a better version, please let me know. By the way, some of the problems pointed out by Bill and Mark have now been fixed. Thanks, George ******************** George Veni, Ph.D. Executive Director National Cave and Karst Research Institute 400-1 Cascades Avenue Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220-6215 USA Office: 575-887-5517 Mobile: 210-863-5919 Fax: 575-887-5523 gv...@nckri.org www.nckri.org -----Original Message----- From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of Mixon Bill via Texascavers Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 10:55 AM To: Cavers Texas Subject: [Texascavers] archive of Texas Cavers In the process of looking for maps of Mexican caves in the Karst Information Portal archive of Texas Cavers, I checked the issues older than 1972. (I posted link to corrections to 1972 and later yesterday.) The only cave map seriously defective in the earlier issues is the centerfold map in 1962 #2. There are also some redacted membership lists in issues from the early 1960s that probably should be scanned and replaced in the TSA or TSS archive of issues, though probably no need to mess with what's in KIP. Somebody else can deal with those things. -- Mixon ---------------------------------------- Ack! Christmas decorations already. This might be a good time to spend a couple of months in Saudi Arabia. ---------------------------------------- You may "reply" to the address this message (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) came from, but for long-term use, save: Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
