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Re: Even Better Than the Real Thing



Allan brings to mind a goofy incident a couple of years ago: Scanning
photographs while the U2 song "Even Better Than the Real Thing" was playing
on the radio.

Best wishes,

Thomas Berry, Archivist
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@wcnet.org
http://www.hcea.net





----- Original Message -----
From: "abg" <abg@WORLD.STD.COM>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: More on N. Baker and Double Fold


> To play the devil
> How many of you criticizing Baker have really looked at the microfilms in
> your holdings that you've made paper originals in terms of visual quality.
> Do the films convey not only the words, but the gestalt (if i may) of the
> original?
> Mf is great for quick, cheap, low end access to materials that may be too
> bulky or difficult to peruse on site; but that's all it is - a substitute
> for the real thing.

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