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From: "JMI" <>
Subject: [GSV] Of General Interest
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 15:59:46 +1000


This is a copy of a post which appeared on the Derbyshire list......
It is a non-profit making organisation and I have personally purchased a
number of books on CD......

Don't take my word for it.....go to the website and you will be pleasantly
surprised.....

June Ingleby (Melbourne)

> It gives me lots of pleasure to announce that the Archive CD Books
> Project has set up a scheme of co-operation with the Family Records
> Centre in London (That's an arm of the Public Record Office).
>
> The FRC in London has millions of visitors each year... all wanting to
> search stuff for their family history. All wanting to leaf through the
> collection of old books. That presents a problem, as the old books are
> getting so much heavy use that some of them are starting to literally
> disintegrate, although some have been rebound (several times!). However
> its the pages that are really starting to suffer.
>
> So.... we have come to an arrangement where the books are to be scanned
> and put onto CD, (at no cost to the FRC) and then visitors will be able
> to view them on screen instead. (We shall also be supplying CDs of the
> large existing range to them too). The books that need it will be
> renovated professionally, and we at Archive CD Books will also be paying
> for that work to be done. We expect that some of the renovations will
> cost between one and two hundred pounds per book.
>
> All of the CDs will then be released in the range of the Archive CD
> Books Project, at anything between GBP 8.50 and 14.00 depending on the
> particular book. And of course, anyone in the world will be able to own
> their own copy of these extremely rare and valuable books, that they
> would otherwise never have had the opportunity of seeing! (But of
> course, it is the sale of the CDs that will actually pay for the
> scanning work to be done for the FRC, and also pay for the book
> renovations).
>
> We are starting with the collection of county directories, as they are
> the ones that get the hardest wear and tear (literally!) at the FRC.
>
> We are working on approximately 10 books per week to begin with, and
> that may step up in the near future. The first ones have already been
> done now... and the books on CD released, so the project is well under
> way. I'll be trying to keep the costs of CDs right down to the minimum,
> in line with all the others in the existing range. From GBP 8.50 plus
> post & packing. One of the best ways of keeping costs down is for some
> serious "word of mouth" advertising of the Archive CD Books Project in
> genealogy circles, reviews, etc. It has worked so far!
>
> Anyone who buys one of the CD Books is genuinely contributing towards
> the preservation of these old and rare books, not just the ones that we
> buy from dealers and give away to museums and libraries, etc. but also
> those that are part of projects such as the latest ones from the Family
> Records Centre in London.
>
> It feels good! Very good.
>
> regards
> Rod
>
> --
> Rod Neep
> ARCHIVE CD BOOKS - old books for genealogists reproduced on CD
> E-mail:
> Web : http://www.archivecdbooks.com

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