[PRCo] Re: Generic Description and Scanning

[Herb Brannon]

Your last sentence sums it all up. Like I keep saying, to the deaf ears of
some, what good is knowledge unless it is distributed to all who wish to
take advantage of it being available ?
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 07:39, Stephen Titchenal <stephen at titchenal.com>wrote:

> Sorry for accidently sending an empty message.
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> How much money does the museum make from their archives right now? Won't
> reputable book publishers still purchase rights to use a photo from you,
> even if copies are available online? If you feel you can make enough money
> from collectors, why not hire someone to manage an ebay store and sell
> online. Even if the images are publicly available elsewhere, I would
> presume
> many collectors would rather support a non-profit organization than a
> for-profit company.
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> The Library of Congress has been distributing high resolution digitized
> images from their collection for years. Others attempt to resell the
> images,
> but unless they have put a lot of work into adding value to them, I doubt
> they make a lot of money from it (and even then they may not get their
> investment back). But think of the number of "backup copies" of the images
> that are out there now!
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> Archive.org is sharing vast storehouses of digital data, but their search
> mechanism currently leaves something to be desired. There are some
> wonderful
> Pittsburgh Railways resources already digitized there by the way.
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> As a retired educator, I appreciate the resources that are online for
> students, researchers and just the average person to repurpose. Just as
> open
> source is a group process, learning should also be. I spend my time working
> with organizations that are willing to share their resources. I see many
> value-added examples from sharing rather the hiding resources.
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-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park