Re: Catalog Scanning Proposal


This is a very worthwhile project and I thinkB these scanned catalogs will be
a tremendous resource for AIS and its members.B  Many of the sections
willB benefit as well.B  The pages of these catalogsB document the first
introductions of many of our registered irises.B  Anyone interested inB iris
history, AIS history, and historic irises, in particular, will find them
invaluable.B 
B I move that thisB catalog scanning project, asB described in John's
proposal, is approved for forwardingB to the AIS Foundation for their
consideration for funding; and once the project is completed, that the
products of theseB scans be made available to both the AIS and to the Iris
Encyclopedia, and that the paper catalogs will then go to the AIS Library.
Gary WhiteB 
B       From: Jim Morris <1005@rewrite.aisboard.org>
 To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Cc: cyberiris@att.net
 Sent: Friday, October 3, 2014 11:14 AM
 Subject: [AISdiscuss] Catalog Scanning Proposal

John Jones has prepared a Catalog Scanning Proposal to the AIS FoundationB 
to scan the collection of iris catalogs owned by Mike and Anne Lowe toB 
create an online accessible library in memory of Mike Lowe.B  The quantityB 
of
pages to be OCR scanned is unknown at this time but the estimated cost toB 
scan and convert to Adobe PDF is $0.56 per page for approximately 10,000B 
pages.

Many of you may know that a similar long range plan for the AIS IrisB 
Encyclopedia exists to post iris catalogs so this would help in that effortB 
as
well as long as a disk is provided to/for that effort.B  The two shouldB  be
compatible.B  Gary White, as AIS 1st vice president, is also on the AISB 
Foundation and in discussion with me felt that this should be brought to theB 
attention of the AIS board.

Jim Morris
President
American Iris Society

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