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From: "Charles S. Mason, Jr." <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Wanting your thoughts on publishing Bible records
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:34:24 -0400
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Sharon,

I would vote to have both the images and a transcription. But if space only
allows for one, then the images. That way you although you have a
derivative of the original, you would have a closer generation than the
transcription would be. And the photocopy may be the only thing left. The
Bible may no longer exist.

Chuck Mason

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Gayle" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:25 PM
Subject: [APG] Wanting your thoughts on publishing Bible records


> Dear Colleagues and Researchers,
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> I edit the journal for a local society. Shoved into the dusty recesses of
> the journal's archives (called the "file box"), I found photocopies of
> several Bible records. Some photocopies are yellowed with age but still
> quite readable. Almost none have provenance attached to them, but many do
> have the ever desirable title/verso page. At least one was a "Temperance
> Bible."
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> Previous editors transcribed similar records and published them as
> "filler"
> for the journal. I can continue that policy, but advancing technology
> presents an interesting alternative. So I turn to the people who would
> most
> likely use the information found in these records. Would you rather see
> these records as digitized images?
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> I have my own thoughts regarding this issue, but I would like to hear
> others
> weigh in on it.
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> Any and all responses are welcome.
>
> Sharon Gayle
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