Mary,
Neither of the sunsite/berkley URLs seem to work.  Could you repost please?

Don
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From: "Mary Elings" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: Digital imaging or mircorfilming?


> Libraries and Archives across the country are involved in this exact sort
> of work and I am sure there are many who could answer your questions
> directly. You might consider posting your question to the digital library
> listserve (Digital Libraries Research mailing list
> <[log in to unmask]>) or looking into sites like the Berkeley
> Digital Library sunsite (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/) which has a great
> deal of information on the subject as well as useful links, such as Howard
> Besser's page on Imaging (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Imaging/Databases/).
>
> In your general area, I might also look into work being done at the
> University of Virginia at Charlottesville in their Institute for Advanced
> Technology at http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mary W. Elings
> Pictorial Archivist
> The Bancroft Library
> University of California
> Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
> [log in to unmask]
> Ph 510-642-8170
> Fx 510-642-7589
>
>
> At 02:30 PM 05/09/2000 -0400, Wade Lawrence wrote:
> >Hello fellow listers,
> >
> >We are preparing a grant application to have the Drayton family papers
> >microfilmed. Because of the manuscripts' fragile condition, these papers
> >have been inaccessible to scholars, both outside and within Drayton Hall.
We
> >see this microfilm project as a way to give the public access to an
> >important primary resource about 18th- and 19th-century lowcountry
> >plantation life.
> >
> >My question is this... would digital imaging and storage on CD-ROM be a
> >viable alternative to microfilm? Have any of you had good or bad
experiences
> >with digital imaging? Who would you recommend to do the work? What should
we
> >expect to spend to have this done? Would you still microfilm (as a backup
> >medium)?
> >
> >Thank you in advance for your comments.
> >--
> >Wade Lawrence
> >Asst. Director, Drayton Hall
> >A National Trust historic site in Charleston, South Carolina
> >Web: http://www.draytonhall.org
> >E-mail: [log in to unmask]
> >
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