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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 22, 2014 8:53:31 GMT
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 22, 2014 13:38:45 GMT
Ok smart-[donkey], no need to show off.....  No but seriously, it hasnt go "Everything", they are still investigating the thing, as far as I know, they are still researching that place. But well done for posting that, its as good as it gets so far.... [note, Object Conservation and Alternative accounts are not available?...] |
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Post by Cybermortis on Aug 22, 2014 14:27:33 GMT
Most museums and historical groups are trying to put their collections and documents online, even if they charge a fee to access more than just a description. This process takes time and money though - the money is partly offset since it means that the original documents no longer have to be handled.
Even if you can't directly access information, you can of course email museums to ask for information....
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 22, 2014 14:43:28 GMT
This I know.
However, I am a man of action....
This electronic mail thingy, its all newsomes, and sometimes bloody awkward, I have fallen out with my keyboard several times, I have even begun to speak to my machine.
On a good day, it answers back....
If I know something is available in a reference section, I have Manchester Library, AKA "The Round Library", the one on Oxford road....
I have visited that place on occasions, to research historical information, some from books that you handle gently with Gloves, and a honking HUGE security guard watching you....
None of that will ever be put on the Web.
Mainly because if one man started now full time, it would take them more than a century to even just scan each page for replication, let alone even think of translating or transcribing it into plain text.
Libraries are un-imaginably huge when it comes to reference....
Internet is often just a kids toy encyclopaedia in comparison.
Just ask the librarian.
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Post by silverdragon on Aug 22, 2014 14:48:43 GMT
By the way, someone was one asked if someone tried to read everything in Manchester Library, how long would it take.
The answer was something like infinity in reverse.....
Manchester Library keeps, or tries to keep, at least one copy of every book ever published.
Therefore, as new books are being entered into the collection on almost a daily basis, more books are being added than you could read anyway, so you are constantly overtaken by new knowledge.
No one person could ever read "Everything".....
Mind blown or what?....
My Mum has a book published in that library. It was part of her Masters degree in Education..
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