On 15/02/14 20:56, Michael Peel wrote:

>Really, the important questions here are: who has collections
>that would benefit Wikimedia and need scanning, and who has the
>time to scan and upload them? It shouldn’t really be a question
>about equipment cost beyond the cost-effectiveness of scanning
>and sharing them.  Thanks, Mike


A collection should be scanned and also indexed. The results could go
into Commons, which does not AFAIK have any support for indexing. Just
scanning would be a way to separate the items. I suppose a category
would do the job of keeping things together.

I had a quick at the Bishopsgate, for example:

http://bishopsgate.org.uk/Library/Archives-Online

Gordo



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