[Nfb-history] Digitizing More Literature

[Robert Jaquiss]

Hello:

 

     I am copying Anna Kresmer on this note in case she has any comments. It
is always good to have more of our literature and recordings digitized. If
our literature was generated with a computer, and the files still exist on
some sort of computer readable media, then there is a good chance it can be
converted to a modern format without much problem. Of course scanning paper
has the usual problems we all know about. As for digitizing analog
recordings, the late Dr. Snider digitized enough recordings to fill six
thousand CDs which are at the Jernigan Institute.

 

     As for staffing, perhaps another way to do this would be to find
volunteers to stay at the center for two weeks and scan documents etc.

 

Merry Christmas,

 

Robert

 

 

From: Nfb-history [mailto:nfb-history-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tina
Hansen
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 4:55 PM
To: NFB History Support List
Subject: [Nfb-history] Digitizing More Literature

 

I'm pleased to see that we're finally getting some of our Kernel books on
the web site in audio. I do notice, though, that there are a good number of
pieces of literature that have not been digitized. I'm thinking of Jacobus
tenBroek, the Man and the Movement, as well as some others. I'm not sure if
the Christmas programs have been digitized. I do know that they're on the
latest NFB Library Card, but some of them are not complet.

 

I am aware that National has been slow to digitize some of this literature,
and I, for one, would hate to lose it just because many of our members no
longer have a cassette player.

 

Bottom line: Is anyone willing to take this on? I know National wants to do
it, but there has got to be a way to really get this stuff done so we don't
lose it. Thanks.

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