In the old days, we used to say "I sound like a broken record", but since the demise of the phonograph record, I don't know what is in vogue--- a cracked CD? Well, whatever, its me again.
The mission of a library or archive is three-fold, as I see it. Preserve, Share and Celebrate whatever it is that the instituion treasures. Given the obsession with microfilm by the Library of Virginia, and such things as this message illustrates, I would say that the LOV mixture of the above is 90-6-4. Failure to come to grips with the digital world will doom the LOV to a second-rate institution. While having done no survey, I have a feeling that the Educational Institutions of Virginia are doing a better job, but I just don't know.
I think it is fodder for a study, or maybe a Master's thesis, on the evolution and direction of historical Virginia information available online.
Randy Cabell
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From: "Treadway, Sandra (LVA)" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] VMHB on JSTOR
Unfortunately, one can only access JSTOR if one is physically present inside the Library of Virginia building. The annual licensing cost to offer access to the database remotely is far beyond what the Library's budget can afford. If the cost ever comes down, we would love to be able to offer this and other databases remotely to LVA card holders, but given the current economic environment, it's unlikely that we'll be able to do this anytime soon.
Sandy Treadway
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The Library of Virginia
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From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history on behalf of Craig Kilby
Sent: Fri 8/15/2008 6:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] VMHB on JSTOR
Can one with an LVA library card access JSTOR through the LVA web
site from a home computer? If so, how does one do this?
Craig Kilby
Lancaster, VA
On Aug 15, 2008, at 4:36 PM, Tarter, Brent (LVA) wrote:
> Va-Hist and Va-Roots subscribers with access to a library that
> subscribes to a full suite of historical journals through the
> electronic
> JSTOR project will be pleased to learn that the Virginia Magazine of
> History and Biography is now available online through JSTOR from
> volume
> 1 in 1893 through volume 114 in 2004.
>
> Brent Tarter
> The Library of Virginia
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