By charging high prices, sometimes hundreds of dollars, for these facsimile editions, the libraries are deprived of resources. The publishers count on extracting a toll from libraries. dt
At 04:02 AM 11/11/2010, you wrote: >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 >>
