Hi Eliot,
I look forward to the scanned back issues of the AOS Bulletin. I'm thrilled
this project is nearing completion. For those of us who already have a decent
Bulletin/Orchids collection will an online index be available? Maybe in the
Members Only section?
K Barrett
N Calif, USA
> 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 >
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