Hello:

It is also important that the integrity of the original layout is
maintained. Scrapbooks are inherently difficult to access, but they were
pasted that way for a reason. The reason may be difficult to determine but
is important nonetheless.  Storing the scrapbooks flat and in boxes, and
photographing each page and making of a note of the page sequence is
probably your best bet at this time.

Good luck,

Sarah
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lewias" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: Scrapbook care


> Howdy -
>
> Ohh - I know EXACTLY what you are dealing with! The Aurora Regional Fire
> Museum has a several dozen over-sized (24 by 36 inch) scrap-books filled
with
> newspaper articles pasted in them. What are or have we done about them you
ask? --
> ahh - err-uhmmm... nutting (yet).
>
> Currently they are stored (flat) in boxes awaiting a "master plan." -
Anyone
> just chime in and let me know if you've got a bright idea for a plan. :-)
>
> I thinking I should try and photocopy (onto acid-free-paper) each page or
> even more ideally photocopy just each article. Then we will be able to
store the
> originals intact (and out of use) while at the same time we'd be able to
> "fiddle" copies -- if nothing else puting the articles in chronilogical
order so
> they can be better indexed.
>
> We then (down the road) could also use the COPIES to scan into a computer
> (smaller and a bit less fragile than the original) and once in the
computer use
> some OCR software to convert them back into "real words" .
>
> As for HOW to get the original pages onto the copying machine...hehehe
well -
> I suppose that's why I haven't actually DONE it. This plan is a bit
> impractical. The pages are all oversized, (so you may want or need a large
size copy
> machine) and they are all in poor condition, and shessh there are soo many
of
> them. Hmmmm.... sounds to me like a good job for an "intern". Anyone wanna
come
> out and help me?
>
> Okay - another more practical idea.  I've thought about having all the
pages
> microfilmed. I know it's not "sexy" in this high-tech society - does
anyone
> even still use microfilm?  How expensive is it to have a company come out
and
> film a small collection.
>
> Hope I've been of help - please anyone else chim in with their two-cents
> worth.
>
> - David -
> David Lewis, Curator
> Aurora Regional Fire Museum
> www.AuroraRegionalFireMuseum.org
>
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