[PRCo] Re: Scanning Archives

[Derrick Brashear]

On May 19, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Fred Schneider <fwschneider at comcast.net> wrote:

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> And how many unidentified prints have you dumped on me in the last year and asked if I knew what they are?      
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> Sad thing about that is that this problem applies not just to the library but to training new operators.   Those that museums got in the 1940s through the 1960s had some idea how to run a streetcar just by watching revenue operators in the streets; they also had mentors in the hobby even if some of them presented a distorted view of the industry.   
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> Today those people who come through the door often know as much about our business as a politician knows about global or national economics.   
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it's a machine. I'm an engineer. give me a few feet; I'll figure it out. 


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> On May 16, 2011, at 7:42 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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>> Grants are pretty scarce right now.  I'd want to know more about the
>> partnering arrangement in any event.
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>> One of my concerns in hiring staff to scan is that they don't know what
>> they're looking at, which poses a big problem where images are not
>> specifically identified.  There has been much written on this site about
>> flawed captions in the PCP material; I'd not want to see anything like that
>> happen.
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>> Thanks,
>> Ed
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
>> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Ray
>> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 6:27 PM
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Subject: [PRCo] Scanning Archives
>> 
>> Just asking a question. Are grants available for the museum library? If yes
>> can a grant be written for scanning archives and partnering with Historic
>> Pittsburgh?
>> 
>> Ray
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