Re: Online Library report

That should have been bAndibs answer.b  Sorry.
> On Aug 31, 2017, at 8:27 PM, Neil Houghton <35ef7b641@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
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