This messages references some postings on Va-Hist back in May.

Va-Hist subscribers may recall that back in October 2002 the governor
ordered drastic cuts in spending and staff levels in virtually all state
agencies as a consequence of a major shortfall of revenue. At that time,
all of the staff of the Library of Virginia's Digital Library Project
lost their jobs, and the program was halted. Much of the expence of
operating the program was derived from granting institutions, but with
the loss of staff, the program was abolished.

It is true that digitizing documents and making them permanently
available in easy-to-use formats on the Internet is a very expensive
thing to do.

Brent Tarter
The Library of Virginia
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Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us


-----Original Message-----
From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Holly Wilhelm
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 5:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: the modern world of resources

In a message dated 12/21/2005 2:25:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, :
Second,
all this material will ultimately be scanned and available on the
Internet.
I'm curious as to who is going to pay for all the scanning.  As an
archivist who has worked on digitization projects, I'm am well aware of
how time consuming, labor-intensive and expensive such projects are for
re-conversion.

In the past the govt. has paid for much of this, but in the current
economy, such projects are getting less funding.  I hope someone at LVA
can correct me, but I believe that many of the LVA digital projects
funding were cut substantially.



Holly Wilhelm Mills
in central Virginia

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