Comments on: Hidden treasure http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:12:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Alex http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78935 Alex Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:17:52 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78935 When I last studied there, the University of London Library had old card cats sitting around the shelves....with signs saying they hadn't been updated since 1996. When I last studied there, the University of London Library had old card cats sitting around the shelves….with signs saying they hadn’t been updated since 1996.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78588 Brett Holman Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:06:12 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78588 Thanks again, I'll try both of these out next time :) Thanks again, I’ll try both of these out next time :)

]]> By: Matthew Walker http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78412 Matthew Walker Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:57:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78412 Brett, hopefully next time it will save you some money. I've also found the overhead photocopier is also a good diffuse light source for using a digital camera at night, or on dull days, you do get some strange looks though. Brett, hopefully next time it will save you some money. I’ve also found the overhead photocopier is also a good diffuse light source for using a digital camera at night, or on dull days, you do get some strange looks though.

]]> By: jbentham http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78402 jbentham Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:30:30 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78402 Hi Brett, I checked today. The card catalogue is still there, presumably because it still has stuff not transferred. It only a year or two since I last used it to find books not on the e- cat. D Hi Brett, I checked today. The card catalogue is still there, presumably because it still has stuff not transferred. It only a year or two since I last used it to find books not on the e- cat.
D

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78297 Brett Holman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:55 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78297 I think I was slaving away at the SLV's overhead photocopier at the exact time you posted that, Matthew ... talk about retroactive opportunity cost! So, no, I didn't know that :( George: I don't think the students need to hang around. Just hire them over the summer, give them a barcode scanner and a PDA and get them to walk down the aisles and check each book. As for money, they're spending millions to refurbish the place and put in lots more computers, surely they could spend a few dollars on the BOOKS. Ah well, it's a university, it doesn't have to make sense. I think I was slaving away at the SLV’s overhead photocopier at the exact time you posted that, Matthew … talk about retroactive opportunity cost! So, no, I didn’t know that :(

George:

I don’t think the students need to hang around. Just hire them over the summer, give them a barcode scanner and a PDA and get them to walk down the aisles and check each book. As for money, they’re spending millions to refurbish the place and put in lots more computers, surely they could spend a few dollars on the BOOKS. Ah well, it’s a university, it doesn’t have to make sense.

]]> By: Matthew Walker http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78247 Matthew Walker Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:22:30 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78247 Have you tried using your digital camera at the State Library to save on photocopying fees? Apparently it's been <a href="http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/using/copying/obtaining/personal_copying.html" rel="nofollow">allowed for a while now</a>, my photocopying bill has recently dropped sharply (also from being able to scan direct to a USB stick on the microfilm scanners). The dome reading room gives a nice diffuse light source for copy photography too (during the day). Have you tried using your digital camera at the State Library to save on photocopying fees? Apparently it’s been allowed for a while now, my photocopying bill has recently dropped sharply (also from being able to scan direct to a USB stick on the microfilm scanners). The dome reading room gives a nice diffuse light source for copy photography too (during the day).

]]> By: Ricardo Reis http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78236 Ricardo Reis Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:44:06 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78236 Oh, the pleasure of hunting down libraries... God, I must get my card ready. Oh, the pleasure of hunting down libraries… God, I must get my card ready.

]]> By: George Shaner http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78224 George Shaner Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:44:29 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78224 Nothing like retroactive oppertunity cost angst to wreck your whole day. As for the issue of putting students to work, the problem is that students come and students go, and another, more pressing problem rears its ugly head in the meantime. I've seen this problem many a time at the U.S. National Archives. Nothing like retroactive oppertunity cost angst to wreck your whole day.

As for the issue of putting students to work, the problem is that students come and students go, and another, more pressing problem rears its ugly head in the meantime. I’ve seen this problem many a time at the U.S. National Archives.

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78219 Brett Holman Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:48:43 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78219 Thanks, it could well be! The electronic catalogue has been around for a long time now, though -- the better part of two decades, at least. That seems like plenty of time to finish the task. Of course, it takes money to do that, but data entry is something that could be done by students, say, of which there are a few about ... Thanks, it could well be! The electronic catalogue has been around for a long time now, though — the better part of two decades, at least. That seems like plenty of time to finish the task. Of course, it takes money to do that, but data entry is something that could be done by students, say, of which there are a few about …

]]> By: jbentham http://airminded.org/2008/07/21/hidden-treasure/#comment-78212 jbentham Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:08:33 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=530#comment-78212 hi Brett, I don't know if it still applies, but it used to be that there was a chunk? of books not electronically catalogued. Those books were in the card catalogue, which used to be on the ground floor of the Baillieu. Cheers, D hi Brett,

I don’t know if it still applies, but it used to be that there was a chunk? of books not electronically catalogued. Those books were in the card catalogue, which used to be on the ground floor of the Baillieu.

Cheers,
D

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