On 19/07/2019 06:01, Guy Dunphy via cctalk wrote:
I have a lot more to say about the wisdom of destroying original publications
to scan them, especially when you are not already an expert at scanning and
the many tradeoffs.
But have to go afk just now.
I scanned a decent amount, several hundred items, when I had access to
reasonable scanners. I've "destroyed" precisely one item and that
actually still exists (I cut the spine off but I still have all the
pages). A few other docs had already fallen apart (the glue in the
binding had failed over the years) so I may have separated out the last
few remaining pages. Everything else was either in a ring binder or
stapled together (in which case I've reassembled the document afterwards).
So scanning doesn't necessarily lead to a reduction in available hardcopy.
I suspect that much more is lost either due to "I need the space, this
has to go" or time (water damage, pages sticking together, mice/worms,
whatever).
Which reminds me, I need to find online copies of Personal Computer
World so I can sell off a few boxes worth :-)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini
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