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Here's the info on the new CD. I recommend using the online source now:
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 1996 08:14:01 -0500
>Reply-To: History of Photography <[log in to unmask]>
>Sender: History of Photography <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Andrew Eskind <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Photographers On Disc...
>To: Multiple recipients of list PHOTOHST <[log in to unmask]>
>
>"Photographers on Disc..." is not yet reality!!!
>
>As its editor, I am delighted to see some buzz a'generating.
>As a PHOTOHST subscriber, I'm happy to respond (although it's
>tempting to sit back and see what rumors percolate up thru
>the cyper world).
>
>"Photographers on Disc..." is just now in production forthcoming
>from G.K. Hall - the June announced publication date might better
>read August.
>
>It is based on the 3 'authority' files which form the backbone of
>the cataloging system shared by George Eastman House and Harry Ransom
>Humanities Research Center at U Texas, Austin. (and available via
>TELNET free of charge).
>
>The authority files are:
> 1. Photographers/creators of photographs
> 2. Institutions which collect and/or exhibit photographs
> 3. Exhibitions of photographs within 'museum' contexts (as
> opposed to commercial galleries).
>
>Each authority file is the basis of an index. The Photographers'
>Index branches from factual data about each photographer to institutions
>reporting holdings of that photographer's work and/or to exhibitions
>in which he/she participated (generally within his/her own lifetime).
>
>The Institution Index branches from factual data about each institution
>to a list of photographers whose work is held at that institution and/or
>a chronology of photography exhibitions sponsored or held at that institution.
>
>The Exhibition Index is a chronology of 3500 photographic exhibitions
>1839-1996 including limited factual data about each exhibition but branching
>to lists of photographers who participated.
>
>The CD-ROM is thus an extract of the on-line collections' catalog - everything
>EXCEPT the catalog records.
>
>It is a major enlargement of GK Hall's print edition "Index of American
>Photographic Collections" (1995).
>
>One function the CD-ROM serves which is more problematic with the on-line
>edition is that it represents a tangible, referencable entity. By contract,
>the on-line edition is constantly changing - gaps getting filled in, mistakes
>(hopefully) being found and corrected. Thus, it is a slippery source to cite
>(although you are welcome to do so). Each authority file includes bib
>references to secondary as well as primary sources from which factual
>information has been gleaned and confirmed.
>
>Unfortunately, the CD-ROM like all G.K. Hall publications is geared toward
>the library market where they find a few takers at the $475 sticker price.
>Depending on how well it sells, there could be future editions.
>
>As production moves along, I'll notify the list of availability and
>mechanics on how to acquire (direct from GK Hall).
>
>I'll be glad to provide more specifics if readers wish.
>
>Oh, yes, sponsorship:
>
>The CD-ROM "Photographers on Disc" is one component of a project supported
>by grants from National Endowment for the Humanities, Pew Charitable Trusts,
>and Getty Grant Program.
>
>Andrew Eskind
>George Eastman House
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Julie Mellby
Assistant Curator
Dept. of Printing & Graphic Arts
The Houghton Library 617-495-2444
Harvard University fax: 617-495-1376
Cambridge, MA 02138 email: [log in to unmask]
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