[QuadList] Quad Manuals--Parking the paper versions

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Ted - I  would give LOC ONE  copy of  each.    It is good what they are 
doing... I do not take that away from  them.  BUT... Just like the Naval 
Research Labs that  at one tine trashed a major  part of their library, LOC or any 
other Governmental agency can not be relied  upon  to be always 100 percent 
operating in the  best interest of  history... as people change, policies 
change  and unforeseen circumstances and acts of god just plain  happen.
 
  Do not rely on them  to  share  the  others   get the others  places  
immediately in other   locations... and... I am not  necessary asking  for  any 
 more  paper work  to archive but I feel it  should NOT all   be under 
their  control. 
 
We are no where their size but even we  have alternative beta  sites  we 
stash stuff at  for geographical diversity should  catastrophe occur.
 
Understand  this: LOC is not BAD... they are just people... and   as  with 
any group of people  mistakes can be made... mistakes that  can erase access 
or existence on material... 
 
BUT  by having diverse  groups of people, ideologically  and  
geographically, the chances of all groups making the same   mistake are fairly small
 
 
I have no affiliation   with LOC thus  I see  things  though more 
independent eyes. Perhaps everyone should.
 
Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/16/2012 8:51:24 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

Ed, The idea is to get the manuals scanned and make the scans widely  
available for access... access that doesn't require more than a trip to your  
computer.


Then what?


The paper manuals need a home that's got the wherewithal to house and  care 
for them, and if requested, make them accessible to researchers on-site  or 
perhaps allow for inter-library loan, as many public libraries are able to  
do via a network of agreements.


The Library of Congress—with whom this group has a strong affiliation—is  
the most likely place that can do the above.


The the Library's National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper,  
VA has an interest in preserving the manuals, because they'll use them and 
the  scans to get machines running in order to migrate content the Library  
has.


They'd also be useful when the Library begins to hold training classes,  as 
has been discussed at several Quad Videotape Group NAB Luncheons, and at  
other times.


If there are are multiple copies of the same manual, they could be made  
available to other institutions across the country as part of a long-term loan 
 project.


It would be helpful to know "Where the Quads Are" so that libraries  
receiving these duplicate copies are located near machines that tend to match  the 
manual.


That would make it easier for Quad owners to borrow them, and continue  the 
benefit of their existence.


Again, the goal is to make the manual's content widely available... while  
preserving the paper originals and providing a long-term mechanism for their 
 continued existence.


Private ownership has gotten them this far... and as private owners begin  
to divest their collections, we appreciate the opportunity to extend the  
usefulness of what they have gathered.



 
 
 
 
 
 
Ted



 
 
 
Ted  Langdell







_ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ (mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com)    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Secretary for the  _QuadVideotapeGroup.com_ 
(http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/) : 
Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in  conjunction 
with the Library of  Congress















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