strathspey@strathspey.org:44864

John Chambers

Re: dance notes

March 24, 2006, 5:09 a.m. (Message 44864, in reply to message 44808)

| That is a very generous offer.  Rather than going to one person could
| they be copied onto sheets and be available to many.
| Simon
| Vancouver

There is a growing practice of scanning pages of  documents
and putting them on a web site, where interested people are
invited to transcribe them  into  a  form  more  usable  by
computers.   The  Gutenberg project has done this with some
rare old books, for example.  There are any number of  such
projects that you can get involved with.

The most unusual case that I know of: The  big  archaeology
news  in  Central  America  has been the deciphering of the
classical Mayan writing.  There are thousands of  "stelae",
carved  stone  columns  covered  with writing, all over the
area. They are mostly historical markers. People are taking
digital photos of them, putting them online, and asking any
interested people to help transcribe them.  The result will
be an extensive history of the area from before the Spanish
arrived, burned all the libraries, and  killed  anyone  who
could read and write.  You have to learn the Mayan language
to help out in this effort, of course.

| Hi All,
|
| I've just received this offer.  Anyone interested?
|
| Cheers,
|
| Ian Brockbank
| Edinburgh, Scotland
| xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
| http://www.scottishdance.net/
|
|
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx]
| Sent: 17 March 2006 16:34
| To: xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
| Subject: dance notes
|
| I have about 500 SCD notes on file cards that I'd like to give to anyone
| who can use them.  I'm willing to pay basic ground postage.
|      Marian Wemple
|      Colorado, USA
|
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