[PRCo] Re: Generic Description and Scanning

[James Keener]

What's the reason to not have open archives? 
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Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

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. > > 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. > > 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! > > 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. > > 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. > > > > > > > > -- Herb Brannon In Cuyahoga Valley National Park