searching CDs in Microfilm to CD conversion.

[Jimm GoodTracks]

Pat:
It seems the Dhegihanist have the day.  Nevertheless, the microfilm that I
have for Dorsey are from his much smaller contribution on Jiwere/ Chiwere.
I also have film from the Gordon Marsch collection.  The original was one
reel, I believe, but I have cut into sections for easier access to various
section: stories, verbs, etc.  I do not believe that the Siouan Archives in
Boulder [CU] have a hard copy of Marsch MS.
So like Carolyn, I am interested in having the material on CD.
Jimm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Q." <cqcqcq1 at earthlink.net>
To: <siouan at lists.colorado.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:24 PM
Subject: searching CDs in Microfilm to CD conversion.


  I have two
> (perhaps naive) questions:
>
> 1. Since the materials will be just scanned and probably no OCR will work,
> would we somehow be able to search the materials more easily than paper
> copies of same? (At the very least perhaps via cataloguing tracks laid in
> the CDs?)
>
> 2. Would we be able to distinguish characters better than on paper copies?
> (Many of the typed Osage slips from this collection, for example, are too
> blurry to read in my paper copy.)
>