So then, what is the reason of the difference between the way British
Library acts and how for example the great Munich Library does? There are
even many lute mss. in the Munich free scans already! Perhaps more
capitalism and "market economy" in the UK? Less funding to culture?
Short answer - Yes. the Uk is a cultural desert inhabited mainly by
Philistines.
Arto
PS Luckily our network of 'friends in lute' often helps! :-))
Yes - what would we do without it.
Monica
On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:25:39 -0000, "Monica Hall" <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi Donna
You have said it all. Easier said than done. And even if the
British Library do start digitizing things they wont start with lute
manuscripts, still less with baroque guitar manuscripts.
We will just have to go on paying upfront for photocopies and
mircrofilms.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: [1]Ron Andrico
To: [2][email protected]
Cc: [3][email protected]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:48 PM
Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public)
libraries?
(Donna here) Thanks, Monica. My last day job was digitizing
materials for Cornell's 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:
[4]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/just-put-it-all-online/
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 12:02:51 +0000
> To: [5][email protected]
> CC: [6][email protected]
> From: [7][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
> >
> >
>
>
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References
1. mailto:[email protected]
2. mailto:[email protected]
3. mailto:[email protected]
4. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/just-put-it-all-online/
5. mailto:[email protected]
6. mailto:[email protected]
7. mailto:[email protected]
