Ken, Jean and all As a member of the AOS technology committee and point person for the Bulletin Scanning project I'd like to chime in with an accurate update of this Project.
As stated in prior emails the project was initially approved many years ago and was the sole project of a single member of the committee. Due to a multitude of issues the project was essentially abandoned after ~2yrs. The committee revived the project about 2 years ago. Given the complexity and enormity (>70,000 pages) of such an endeavor it was decided to farm out the work to industry professionals. After nearly one year of research a new proposal was approved by the Trustees. This would include digitally reproducing all issues, creating a standalone product that could be searched, as well as creating a web-base search product. Currently all the issues have been scanned and those images are at Princeton Imaging for completion of the second part of the project. We are anticipating having everything wrapped up in the first half of 2008. I hope this clears up any misinformation regarding this issue. Best Regards Eliot Atstupenas, MD Fayetteville, NC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of K Barrett Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OGD] indexes [snip] > However, it also has an image> index---so if you are looking for Cattleya aclandiae you can search for> aclandiae and it will give you the year, volume and page number in those> magazines for photos or drawings and in a large number of books. This image> index originated with Bob Betts' orchid image index that is available for> free on the London Orchid Society website (London, Ontario, Canada). Bob is> still adding to it and Orchidwiz apparently shares what new image references> they get with him. Between the searchable index to AOS magazines and OD, and> the searchable image index - it pretty well hits most of the articles on a> particular genus, species or hybrid and is a useful for research. The image> index has images in articles and in ads, which is useful for finding> pictures of hybrids or clones that are historically important but difficult> to find in a book. Of course now a high percentage of AOS award photos are> available on AQ+ CD from the AOS. And that is another good resource. The> Judges Forum from AQ is being added to that, along with an orchid glossary.> The Judging Handbook is already on it. Thanks Jean! I didn't know Orchidwiz had Bob Betts' picture search on it. Great to know! It also has the Baker's cultural advice (in case you didn't know that.) It was a sad day during our recent show when a show worker felt there was no value to her 'Orchids' magazine, so she didn't feel bad cutting out some pictures to put in the display. Which is a pity, because people don't understand that just because you don't value something today doesn't mean you won't want it tomorrow. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has gone back through the annual index to find an article on a subject that I'd overlooked on the first go-round. Or found an article on a topic I didn't know I needed to know about until years later. K Barrett N Calif, USA _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows VistaR + Windows LiveT. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_ MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007 _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com __________ NOD32 2697 (20071202) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
