In a message dated 2/12/02 3:38:47 AM Central Standard Time,
peke@b... writes:
> Not knowing the physical state of the archive. Is it possible to scan
> the back copies and then publish (sell) the issue on CD-ROM.
>
> Unless you are very lucky it would probably mean that you would have to
> store each page as an image rather than OCRing the text.
>
> However, these days, we can all view and print an image, so no problems
> at our end. The CD's could be "printed" on demand and there wouldn't be
> a storage problem and the archival problem is also solved..
This is an interesting thought, but it is one that raises many questions as
well. This is a topic that we will be looking at in the near future.
Something of this magnitude needs to be carefully considered.
Rich Gortowski
President - BRHS
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