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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Repositories
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 01:20:34 -0500
In-Reply-To: <a6.e1528a0.27826fa8@cs.com>


wrote:
>In a message dated 1/1/01 12:43:43 PM Central Standard Time,
>writes:
><< Yes, they use the same NARA numbers because they just copy the films. But
> the resolution is not as good in the copy as the NARA original. For this
> reason, I would cite Heritage Quest as the Repository or not that it is a
> Heritage Quest copy of the NARA original. >>
>I actually have to beg to differ here. I own several original NARA films (I
>am the first owner) and several Heritage Quest CDs, and I think the quality
>is equally good. Sure it is a copy, but it is a very good one, at least the
>ones I have seen so far. AND much better quality than the NARA films the
>library owns that have been used for several years. NO matter how long I use
>the CD, I will not be scratching the image each time I view it like the
>microfilm.

I will have to say that you have been lucky. I have some Heritage Quest
film copies and most of the time, the copies I have seen to be as good.
However, a few are not. In a couple of cases, I later bought NARA copies
direct and the difference was significant.

As for copies owned by a library with considerable use, I don't think that
is a fair comparison. Any film will become scratched after a lot of use.

As for the CD versions, I would cite that I had been viewing a CD copy.

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