As a retired librarian it seems to me that everyone will be better off if
you have your way except the poor old libraries and librarians who need
money to keep their heads above water. Without us there wouldn't be any
books available or a decent place to read them. Why should people make
money out of doing an edition or even publishing a facsimile but the not the
people and organizations who
have made sure that these things are preserved in the first place?
In any case even a facsimile is not a substitute for seeing the real thing.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tayler" <[email protected]>
To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:33 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?
Although I understand all of the issues, including compensating ppl
for their time, charging money for facsimiles is basically evil, and
in the long run everyone will be better served by having more music
available--more concerts, more audience, more work.
What all libraries should do is just put it all online, and then if
someone wants to make an edition and sell it, fine. Just make a PDF,
and upload it, and I guarantee that everyone will benefit.
This also prevents players from owning a repertory by limiting access.
If scholars want to sell the commentary as a separate book, that is
also fine, and continues an established tradition.
dt
At 12:32 PM 11/10/2010, you wrote:
Still something that I don't get:
why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS
available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the
Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while
there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) - that
still do not even seem to envisage that ...
Shall we (as single members of the list) put some pressure on our
local
libraries? Send an email to the curators of their music departments -
maybe as rightful, registered members of the library, as I guess some
of us are - and ask about it?
(Of course, this doesn't want to diminuish at all the value of such
pubblication as the Dd.2.11 by the Lute Society. The scholarship part
is something you dont get in a digital facsimile ...)
Your opinion, listers?
Matteo
On 10 November 2010 20:19, Denys Stephens
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
[...]
It's also worth noting that whilst some
of
the world's libraries are making digital copies of their musical
sources
available, there is currently no expectation that this, or indeed
any of the
Cambridge University Library manuscripts will become available as
free
electronic downloads.
Denys
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