Re: [ARSCLIST] Cataloguing still :-)--was: Cataloguing again--ARSC responsibility?

[Karl Miller <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Don Cox wrote:

> I checked out a couple of Google's PDFs.
>
> One is Jerrold's "Mrs Caudle's Curtain Lectures". This has been scanned
> from a good copy and is presented as a collection of bitmap images - if
> you wanted a text file, you would have to OCR the images yourself.
>
> The resolution of the bitmaps is enough for reading the text, but
> nowhere near high enough to reproduce the illustrations (wood
> engravings) accurately. As I am interested in the history of
> illustration, this would not be useful for research.
>
> As with master tapes, there is a need to preserve the original objects.
> Lossy copies are not enough.
>
> And how about those who are researching the history of printing, or of
> book-binding?
>
> If the University is purely a teaching institution, with no research,
> then none of this matters - although I don't think such a place can
> really be called a university.

I agree...

Karl