Re: Online Library report

[Neil Houghton <35ef7b641@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

See Andibs answer.  It is similar.  Free if you email it.  Some small cost to upgrade to more options.

> On Aug 31, 2017, at 1:18 PM, Jill Bonino <7115fb371@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> 
> Neil,
> When you use Genius Scan where do the images go-- to your email or the cloud?  Is it a place where the scans can be downloaded to a thumb drive?  Jill Bonino
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Aug 31, 2017, at 4:31 AM, Robert Pries <101p@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Scarlett: I am not proficient at using my smart phone so I can not answer that question. Perhaps someone who is good at using smart phones could tell us and try it out. Sounds like a great idea if it works.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scarlett Ayres" <834ee84d1@rewrite.aisboard.org>
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 7:53:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Online Library report
>> 
>> I know that smart phones have a scannable AP.  You can scan to a  pdf.  It 
>> is not perfect.  It requires good lighting, steady  hand.  Can people be 
>> trained how to use their smart phone  effectively?  Tripods point downward with 
>> a light bulb?
>> 
>> Scarlett
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 8/23/2017 11:06:34 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
>> 101p@rewrite.aisboard.org writes:
>> 
>> A few  days ago, we reached another benchmark of 2,000 articles, journals  
>> and
>> catalogs in the Hager/Dubose online library. Before we pat ourselves on  the
>> back I will note that the Daffodil Society has over 3,000 entries in  their
>> online library. bDaffodilsb is a much smaller topic than Iris.  We
>> presently have 1,354 catalogs as part of that 2,000. I project that if  we 
>> were
>> to cover the topic of Iris well there will be over 6,000 catalogs  in the
>> online catalog library. Presently I have been able to add about  500-600
>> catalogs a year. This means if things remain the same it will be  ten years
>> before we have a comprehensive online library. I am not sure I  will be 
>> here in
>> ten years. So I am looking for ways to improve this  process.
>> 
>> A great boon to us has been the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  Each week 
>> that
>> consortium of libraries puts up about 1,000 new journals,  catalogs, etc. Of
>> those I general discover about 10 catalogs that are  important for iris. The
>> USDA is a big contributor of catalogs, but they  tend not to have the 
>> overseas
>> catalogs. That means the surge in Iris  growing that occurred in France, 
>> Great
>> Britain, etc. between 1840 and 1920  is poorly documented. We are left with 
>> a
>> very few Iris specialist who  generally also were general nurseries. The 
>> USDA
>> seems to be uploading  catalogs of around 1926 and 1927 currently. These
>> contain a wealth of Iris  nurseries. So suddenly years like 1926 are
>> represented by 60-70 catalogs.  It seems it takes a month or two for the 
>> USDA
>> to get through one year. As  nice as it is to get these, it may take ten 
>> years
>> to get through the  twentieth century. B  B 
>> 
>> Finding catalogs is important to do  immediately. Each year many of our 
>> members
>> die or go into nursing homes.  The Iris literature they have collected goes
>> into the dumpster. It is  critical that we have an organized effort to find 
>> and
>> save this information  NOW.
>> 
>> My dream for the library is that it becomes the primary research  area for
>> Iris. Presently it functions for some research. But no one knows  what is in
>> the physical library. The online version is searchable a number  of ways. 
>> But
>> as I have pointed out is far from complete. I have prepared a  word document
>> snapshot to show what catalogs we have online. It is  downloadable  at
>> http://wiki.irises.org/Hist/InvetorySnapshotOfCatologsByNursery# I  would
>> appreciate all the help I can get in adding catalogs to the online  library.
>> 
>> How could we go about improving this scenario. We have paid  for scanning of
>> catalogs in the past. At 80+ cents a page it would have  cost thousands for
>> just the scanning I have done personally. It is much  less expensive to draw
>> from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. But it will  be a long wait for more
>> recent or foreign catalogs. B  Scanning is  very time consuming and 
>> tedious. I
>> sometimes feel good if I can finish one  of the 80 page catalogs in a day, 
>> and
>> I am amazed that someone would do  that work for $70. I hate the thought of
>> paying for work if we can find  volunteers. But volunteers require the 
>> tools. I
>> pay $20 a month for Adobe  Acrobat so I can create a searchable pdf. 
>> Scanners
>> run around $500. So  essentially it costs $700 to set a volunteer up to scan
>> catalogs. If a  volunteer could scan 3 catalogs a week it might be a good 
>> deal.
>> Perhaps  there are members who already have scanners but would commit to do
>> fifty  catalogs over a year if we paid for their Adobe  Acrobat.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Bob Pries
>> Zone 7a
>> Roxboro,  NC
>> (336)597-8805
>> 
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>> Bob Pries
>> Zone 7a
>> Roxboro, NC
>> (336)597-8805
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