Hello Geoff, Would you be more specific regarding your reference to the AHA and digitization? Did you have a publication in mind? Thank you

Well, now that you mention it, I do have a publication in mind! However, it was NOT the AHA I was referring to; it is the AASLH (American Association for State and Local History) which is an offshoot of the AHA. The book I recently obtained from them is entitled "Digital Imaging, A Practical Approach" by Jill Marie Hoelling. Ms. Hoelling has several years hands-on experience with the Nebraska State Historical Society and now with Northern Arizona University. I don't know her, but her experience is a great credential. My own business is republishing local history and genealogy on CD-ROM, so as you can imagine I am very interested to see what a book like this says. I'm about half-way through the book, and so far have encountered only one small point (not terribly central to the theme) that I would take issue with. She writes from the point of view of a historical society (or a library with a historical/archival collection), and reading the book from my point of view has been very instructive and thought-provoking. I think this thread started with regard to digitization following Katrina and Rita, and reading the book from that perspective I would say that the author takes the wisdom of off-site digital backup of a collection a bit more for granted than she probably would if she were writing today (the book was published in 2004), but she does certainly mention it as a desirable adjunct to digitizing a collection. Hope this is helpful! Sincerely, Geoff Brown www.betweenthelakes.com -----Original Message----- From: stburch@frontiernet.net [mailto:stburch@frontiernet.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:42 PM To: NY-CENTRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYCENTRAL] Re: American Historical Association Hello Geoff, Would you be more specific regarding your reference to the AHA and digitization? Did you have a publication in mind? Thank you