Re: Online Library report

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

I use "Genius Scan" on my iPhone to gather receipts and such.  I like it and it is easier to use, It identifies the edges of paper, can automatically straighten even if your aim is not perfect. It will produce a very good scan and has the option to a crisp black and white image.

Neil Houghton

> On Aug 30, 2017, at 7:53 PM, Scarlett Ayres <834ee84d1@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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