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David Fahey <[log in to unmask]>
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Alcohol and Temperance History Group <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 16 May 2001 13:53:25 -0400
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>Before doing anything serious about [putting on the web] Cherrington, some
>of the rest of us should read:  Nicholson Baker (2001) Double
>Fold:  Random House, 370pp. Baker points out the poor quality of digital
>(and microfilm) conversions of paper texts, especially their graphics.
>Apparently, getting a clean digital copy by scanning/proofing would take
>about as long as just retyping the entire thing, and the graphics (tables,
>charts) would have to be done as photographic-quality scans, which eats up
>a lot of server space.  I'm still willing, but it sounds much more
>complicated than I had thought.

Jim Hedges <[log in to unmask]> or [log in to unmask]

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