[QuadList] Quad Manuals--Parking the paper versions

[Pat Shevlin]

Ted,

 

Better have the paper treated before or while they are at the LOC.

 

P.

 

From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com
[mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Ted Langdell
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 11:51 AM
To: Quad List
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Quad Manuals--Parking the paper versions

 

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

Secretary for the   <http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/>
QuadVideotapeGroup.com: 

Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in conjunction
with the Library of Congress

 

 

On May 16, 2012, at 12:18 AM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:





Ted - if there re multiple copies they  should be spread out another other
museums and repositories also.. hate to say it Ted... no one  I know  ever
gets a chance to go to  the LOC for manuals... It is a good place to stash
some  things  but not all things. Ed#

 

 

 

In a message dated 5/15/2012 1:17:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

We would ask that scanned paper manuals be preserved so that they can be
sent to the world's biggest library-The Library of Congress-along with the
scan file(s).

 

This will help to ensure the content is preserved and accessible long beyond
the time many of us will be around to pay for web-hosting.

 

Ted

 

 

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