[PRCo] Re: Generic Description and Scanning

[Jim Keener]

No one can ask for something to be scanned in if they don't know what we
have;) :-p
On 05/23/2011 12:20 PM, Derrick Brashear wrote:
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Jim
>>
>> Yes, that is one and maybe the primary concern.  There may be others.  It is conceivable that the officers, having spent money and time in setting up such a system, might view its use as a revenue stream to partially offset its cost of establishment, maintenance and use.  I know of some museums that do this.  Undoubtedly there may be other reasons for controlling access.
>>
>> As I said before, Ed is the expert in this area and I will defer to his wisdom on it.  Plus, at the end of the day, he is the one who must live with the results!
>>
> This whole thread is armchair quarterbacking at its finest. Yinz want
> stuff from the PTM archives online? Talk to the archivist and
> volunteer to scan it. The question of what program is in place to scan
> it and to manage it once it is is moot until there are warm bodies to
> do it anyway.
>
> Derrick
>
>


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