FreeLists / tn-bird / [tn-bird] Re: Archiving THE MIGRANT online

[Chris Sloan <chris.sloan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Although I am a current TOS officer, I was not one of the TOS leaders
copied on Wallace's email.  Had I been, I would have responded that this
issue was raised (by me) at the spring meeting, and it is being
researched.

As I see it, there are essentially three aspects to this task.  First,
we must have the storage space, database server space, and web coding
necessary for a searchable archive, in whatever searchable format it
ends up being (my current thinking, subject to change, is .pdf is
probably the easiest way to go).  Next, we need to establish a process
for archiving all future issues (and those recent ones that still exist
in electronic format) on an "as-you-go" basis, which I believe should be
fairly easy once the technical process is in place.  The tough part is
what to do with the older issues.  The large majority of them do not, I
expect, exist in any electronic format, and I expect that it will be
fairly expensive (either in terms of time, dollars, or both, depending
on whether we do it "in house" or pay someone to do it professionally)
to have them all scanned, OCRed and proofread.

So, in short, this concept is on my radar screen, and I believe Chuck's
as well, and hopefully Chuck and/or I will have more to report at the
upcoming fall meeting.

Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wallace Coffey
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:24 PM
> To: 1-A TN-Birds
> Subject: [tn-bird] Archiving THE MIGRANT online
> 
> 
> 
> TN-Birders:
> 
> Two weeks ago I sent Chuck Nicholson, president of the 
> Tennessee Ornithological Society, an e-mail message about 
> archiving online our state ornithological journal.
> 
> Among others I  copied were TOS leaders  Dev Joslin, Chris Welch, 
> Rick Knight, Ron Hoff & Dollyann Myers, David Trently, Kevin 
> Calhoon, David Pitts, Jan Shaw, Allan Trently, Phillip 
> Casteel, Richard Lewis, Troy Ettel, Fred J. Alsop and Dave Buehler.
> 
> It is interesting that Chuck did not acknowledge my message 
> nor comment.  And only one or two persons in the above list 
> bothered to do so.
> 
> I thought maybe I should share these thoughts with other TN-Birders.
> 
> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
> 
> ---------------------forward message 8/23/02 to Chuck
> Nicholson---------------------
> 
> Chuck and others:
> 
> The Cooper Ornithological Society homepage (www.cooper.org) 
> has a link to an archive of 102 years of THE CONDOR.
> 
> Since the TOS may be in financial position to have THE 
> MIGRANT archived online,  I wonder if this is a good time for 
> the society to consider the feasibility?
> 
> Several of us have talked about this for years but I am not 
> aware off any serious effort.
> 
> Can we begin serious consideration of this subject?  Of 
> course it won't be inexpensive.
> 
> Thanks for thinking about it.
> 
> Wallace
> 
> 
> 
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