[PRCo] Re: Generic Description and Scanning

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I'll take these one at a time.  And I'm not being flippant.

1.  When someone donates either them or the money with which to purchase
them.

2.  Presently the Archive has one competent flatbed scanner that will do up
to 8.5 x 11 inch reflective scans.  I own others that are capable of
scanning negatives and slides at high enough resolution (4000-4800 ppi) to
be useful.  At my discretion, they are used for PTM projects.

3.  By "storage space" I presume we are talking hard drives and the like.
We have two or three externals with maybe 250 GB each.  Larger ones are
cheap enough but would have to be donated.  Remember that all museums are
having a tough time making their budgets at present.

4.  I have no idea.  We have 6000+ square feet and oodles of file drawers
and shelves.

5.  To be determined.  (You would likely qualify, Jim, as would a number of
others on the list.)  It's largely mindless grunt work, except for getting
the filenames right.  Very repetitive, though some items require special
attention.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Keener
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 12:25 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Generic Description and Scanning

When would proper equipment be available?
How many scanners are there? How many could there be?

How much (redundant) storage space is there available?  How much could be?

How many slides, negatives, plates, prints, and documents that need to be
scanned?

Who would you let scan stuff in?  How difficult is it to scan slides and
paper correctly?  Is it a repetitive task or require tweaking per item?

Jim

On 05/23/2011 11:18 AM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> Sorry, Herb. The museum does indeed own most of them, and in many 
> cases has obtained specific legal rights to them.
>
> While I agree in principle with a lot of what has been said in this 
> extended discussion, there seem to be a lot of folks, who are not able 
> to help for one reason or another, attempting to direct PTM's policies and
objectives.
> With all due respect, PTM has a Board of Trustees for that express
purpose.
>
> As I said yesterday, when someone is absolutely serious about helping 
> on a REGULAR basis, and when proper equipment is available, the 
> project will be supported.