[TN-Bird] "Digital Migrant" archives available April 1, 2006

The "Digital Migrant" archives to be available April 1, 2006
The Migrant, a journal devoted to Tennessee birds, has been published by 
Tennessee Ornithological Society in paper form since 1930.  The back issues of 
The Migrant are now available in digital format on CD.

The CD contains approximately 300 issues of The Migrant spanning 75 years 
(1930-2004). All issues  are in the popular Portable Document Format (PDF) 
which is readable and fully searchable using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. The 
most recent copy of that software package is included on the CD and is easily 
installed on your computer if you don't already have it.


This CD puts much of the important and interesting information compiled by TOS 
over the decades at your fingertips in a user friendly format. Each issue is  
individually searchable using the Adobe Acrobat Reader's search engine.  
Desktop search software is also available (without cost) through Google.com.  
Installation of the Google software will index every word contained in the 
entire collection, so issues may be easily and quickly searched using the key 
words or names that you may wish to find. Results are shown in order of 
relevance to the search.  With a simple click on the link, the file is opened 
to the page you searched for.


This project was carried out using a private contractor to scan and process 
each issue of the journal. The newly-formed TOS Publications Committee  was 
requested by the membership at the Spring 2005 TOS meeting to revisit this 
long-needed project. Over the past year they have moved it to completion.  The 
committe members are Wallace Coffey, Theresa Graham, Dan Mooney, Chuck 
Nicholson, Michael Roedel (chair), and Chris Welsh.

 The CD will be available at the Spring TOS meeting in Nashville, or may be 
ordered for delivery by mail after April 1, 2006.  By mail, each CD is $5.00 
for members, or $55.00 for non-members postage paid.  At a state meeting the 
cost is $2.50 for members and $50.00 for non-members. When ordering by mail, 
checks should be made out to Tennessee Ornithological Society and should be 
sent to: Mac McWhirter, TOS Treasurer, P.O. Box 22682, Memphis, TN 38122.

Michael Roedel
Cerrillos, NM 
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