(Donna here) Thanks, Monica. My last day job was digitizing materials for Cornells Rare & Manuscript Library, and my response to this thread became so long-winded that Ron suggested it should be a blog post. So be it: [1]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/just-put-it-all-online/ > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:02:51 +0000 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries? > > 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 > >> > >> -- > >> > >>References > >> > >> 1. mailto:[email protected] > >> > >> > >>To get on or off this list see list information at > >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > --
References 1. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/just-put-it-all-online/
