Wonderful, wonderful.  I just KNEW there was some way to do it.  I vote for 
that article on Al Ruebush and the 116th Infantry Band ca. 1915-1918 as 
being one of the first to go up.  You can make this offering a multi-media 
one by adding background music from his STONEWALL BRIGADE MARCH.

Randy Cabell
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walter Waddell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:14 PM
Subject: [VA-HIST] Fw: Office of Delegate Landes re constituent suggestion 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Judy Wyatt" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:18 AM
> Subject: FW: Office of Delegate Landes re constituent suggestion
>
>
> Mr. Waddell,
>
> Please see the answer below Delegate Landes received in response to your
> suggestions regarding the Virginia Cavalcade. Apparently, contacts from 
> both
> Senator Hanger and Delegate Landes to the Library in support of your
> suggestion have helped. Note that others have expressed the same interest
> and the Library is apparently trying to address this through a new website
> titled "Virginia Memory". Please read the response below and I do hope 
> that
> this turns out to be something with which you will be pleased. Should
> Delegate Landes and Senator Hanger receive further updates, both offices
> will keep you informed.
>
> Once again, thanks for your suggestion.
>
> Judith (Judy) W. Wyatt
>
> Legislative Aide to Delegate Landes
>
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 540-245-5540 (District phone)
>
>
> Subject: RE: Office of Delegate Landes re constituent suggestion
>
> Thank you for asking for input from the Library on the inquiry to Delegate
> Landes about Virginia Cavalcade. Of all the programs we had to eliminate
> during the budget cuts several years ago, that one has proven to be the 
> one
> people are still talking about.
>
>
>
> Since we ceased publication of Virginia Cavalcade, the Library has been
> thinking of ways to share some the information found in the magazine as 
> well
> as other interesting historical content using the new technologies.  The
> ultimate goal is to expand the interpretive and educational offerings of 
> the
> Library and reach wider audiences. There are some hurdles we must 
> surmount,
> however, when it comes to placing back issues of Cavalcade online.   When
> the Library published Cavalcade, we did not obtain the electronic rights 
> to
> the articles and only had one-time rights to publish photographs and 
> images
> from other institutions. Other issues to be considered involve copyright 
> and
> the conversion of the printed text into electronic files.  Contrary to 
> what
> many people think, publishing in electronic format is not free.  One of 
> the
> things that made Cavalcade such a strong product was the staff expertise
> that went into producing it.  If we were to do more than place old content
> online but were to produce new articles, editorial staff would be needed 
> to
> research and write the pieces or edit those submitted by outside authors,
> secure photo rights, negotiate with authors, and design the end product. 
> The
> staff that worked on Cavalcade are, unfortunately, no longer in the
> Library's employ.
>
>
>
> That being said, we are in the process of developing a new Web site called
> Virginia Memory where selected Cavalcade articles and Dictionary of 
> Virginia
> biographies, and much more will be available.  We are in the process of
> evaluating older content for possible use in more accessible formats, and
> are planning for possible spin-offs of new products for the Web.  This
> coming spring we hope to launch a new quarterly publication that will
> include event information, information on the Library's collections and
> projects, and short historical articles in the style of the Virginia
> Cavalcade.  We anticipate that this publication will fill some of the void
> left when the magazine ceased publication in 2002.
>
>
>
> We will keep you informed as our plans progress. I think you and those who
> loved Virginia Cavalcade will be pleased with the new publication and Web
> site.
>
>
>
> Please let me know if we can be of further assistance.
>
>
>
> Jan
>
>
>
> Jan Hathcock
> Library of Virginia
> 800 East Broad St.
> Richmond, VA 23219-8000
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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