Susan, et. alia AIS Bulletin Scanning ProjectThe AIS Foundation has funded a project to convert our past bulletin issues into electronic, searchable documents. Our bulletins will be scanned in color and greyscale, converted to text (Optical Character Recognition), made into a PDF and indexed. They will be made available online and at the AIS Library (and perhaps a few other library locations)
When the scanning company prepares the documents for scanning, they will cut them apart by trimming off the binding edge or cutting them along the fold (called destructive scanning although the pages themselves are not destroyed). There is an option to NOT have them cut apart but it is significantly more expensive and we do not have the budget to have them all done that way. Certainly those bulletins with very limited availability will be non-destructively scanned.
In the attached PDF is a list of AIS Bulletins that I do not have in my collection that are needed for the bulletin scanning project. If you have any of the issues that are listed and are willing to donate them to the project, please email me at jijones@usjoneses.com with the issue number. I will send you shipping instructions. I am also going to check with the AIS Library to see what issues they can supply.
The biggest impediment to getting the project completed is the lack of these bulletins. I will get everything started with the bulleting I have in my collection (about 150 out of approx 300 not counting the ones we have electronically), and I will get the process started with them very shortly.
Please review the list and let me know what issues you would be willing to donate. Your issues can be returned to you afterwards if you wish
Thank you John I Jones Chair, AIS Electronic Services Committee
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On Dec 2, 2010, at 10:08 AM, Susan Grigg wrote:
Would it be possible to get a proposed schedule from John to know when this project will be accomplished? This is certainly a great selling point forE-memberships and I hope the Board will encourage completion of this project. Susan Grigg -----Original Message-----From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner- aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]On Behalf Of Judy Keisling Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 12:38 PM To: AIS Discuss Subject: [AISdiscuss] Good NewsAt the Fall Board Meeting a motion was made to submit a proposal to the AIS Foundation Board requesting funding for a project to scan and digitize pastAIS Bulletins and make them available in a searchable on-line library. I'mhappy to report that this morning I received an email from Bob Hollingworth,President of the AIS Foundation to let me know that the proposal was approved. Excerpts from his email are copied below. Hi Judy - I'm happy to let you know that the proposal to scan and digitize the AIS Bulletins was approved by the AIS Foundation Board without a dissenting vote (7-0). We see this as a very beneficial endeavor and eagerly look forward to using the final product. We would like to request that eventually a copy of the database be made available for public use perhaps at the AIS Library. That would satisfy any concern that we are serving a public purpose in this funding if the finalproduct is restricted to AIS members only on the internet. Gary White willbeable to arrange the transfer of the requested funds ($10,000) for year one.Bob John Jones, Electronic Services Chair, will be responsible for implementing this project. He expects to begin soon and will provide periodic reports on its progress. Thanks to the AIS Foundation Board for helping to make this project a reality. Judy Keisling --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to the AIS Secretary <aissecretary@irises.org> The archives for AISDiscuss are at: http://www.aisboard.org/lists/aisdiscuss/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off this list, send email to the AIS Secretary <aissecretary@irises.org> The archives for AISDiscuss are at: http://www.aisboard.org/lists/aisdiscuss/