Yes.
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amalyah keshet
director, visual resources, the israel museum, jerusalem
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date: 01/29/97
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On Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:48:12 EST  Eric Siegel wrote:
>   A question:
>
>   Are there any working examples of the following approach
to
>   providing access to digital images?
>
>   1) Making lo-rez images available on the Internet as part

of a working
>   collections database (in this case a natural history
research
>   collection.)
>
>   2) Selling hi-rez images through :
>          a) fee for access on the internet (ie credit card
or account
>             payment.)
>
>          b) selling CD-ROM's
>
>   So, a researcher would find the specimen that s/he is
looking for by
>   searching the database.  A low resolution image of this
specimen would
>   be immediately available (good enough to confirm the
general
>   appearance of the specimen.)  Then, the researcher could
either click
>   to pay for immediate access to a hi-rez image (a fee
would be charged
>   to his/her institution, or if they hadn't an account, a
credit card
>   would be requested.); or alternatively, buy the CD-ROM at
a cost
>   comparable to the research CD-ROMS that are now
available.
>
>   Thanks.
>
>   Eric Siegel
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>