I don't think they'd have the resources to take on a project this big.
Who knows though! Would certainly be cool.
On 09/04/16 15:54, Leigh Blackall wrote:
Doesn't Archive.org digitized for free if it's going on their site as
Commons? They were is 2006, I know that.
On 09/04/2016 1:46 PM, "Sam Wilson" <s...@samwilson.id.au
<mailto:s...@samwilson.id.au>> wrote:
The argument for Ancestry is maybe slightly stronger, I reckon, in
that often they're digitizing collections that are smaller and
unlikely to have much funding (e.g. local government areas and
smaller, even single churches sometimes). So it sort of makes
sense to pay for that (because the organisations that own the
collections can't do it).
The SLNSW, on the other hand, is a single large institution and
already has the skills and means to digitize. It's just a matter
of money?
Not that I know much about any of this :-) but the approach of the
Australian War Memorial seems pretty good: get people who want
particular items to pay for them to be digitized, and then make
the digital files available for free to everyone else. That's the
sort of non-commercial ethos that would be great to see within any
publicly-funded institution. :)
—Sam
On 09/04/16 09:07, Kerry Raymond wrote:
I’m with Andrew, it’s a both a blessing and a curse. I’ve seen
the same thing happen in family history. Once the records were
there in physical form in a distant part of the world (result: no
access for most people); then Ancestry came along and offered to
digitise them and sell subscriptions to access the data (result:
access for anyone willing/able to pay). For me, I find the
Ancestry subscription cost reasonable for what I get access to (I
use it for Wikipedia research as well as family history) but not
everyone thinks it’s affordable.
So, I think the real question with SLNSW is “at what price will
it become accessible?”.
When the time is right, we should try to negotiate for the
Wikipedia Library program to get access to some subscriptions
(assuming that’s the model chosen – could be pay-per-view).
Kerry
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More of a concern, IMO
Sent from my iPhone
On 8 Apr 2016, at 12:47 PM, Andrew Owens
<orderinchao...@gmail.com <mailto:orderinchao...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
Just noticed an article about the NSW State Library that's
either an opportunity or a concern...
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/nsw-state-library-to-turn-3bn-collection-over-to-private-sector-417974
kindest regards
Andrew
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