Journals on CD

Thu Jan 18 22:54:51 EST 2001

Dear Ron Gatrelle,

The libraries normally tells you that the main problem is the changing
technology. You can read a book of LINNAEUS if the library permit you but
most of the floppy disks, dikettes and some CD ROM are now nearly impossible
to read because there is no more slots for floppy disks in computers and
some programmes are not more used. That is for stuff put on disks 10 years
ago. What agout 50 or 100 years more ?

Except of that, I think CD ROM is a very good and cheep solution for
publish.

I am preparing "Mariposas de Nicaragua" probably to be distribute at the end
of february.

Sincerely,

Jean-Michel MAES
MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO
AP 527
LEON
NICARAGUA
tel 505-3116586
jmmaes at ibw.com.ni
www.insectariumvirtual.com/termitero/termitero.htm#nicaragua
www.insectariumvirtual.com/lasmariposasdenicaragua.htm
www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/JMaes.htm
www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/database2/honduintro.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Gatrelle <gatrelle at tils-ttr.org>
To: <rworth at oda.state.or.us>; Leps-l <Leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: Journals on CD

>     When we at TILS (The International Lepidoptera Survey) decided to put
> each years volume on CD we though that we might have bitten off more than
> we could chew. However, when the end of the subscription year came around,
> we found that this was an easy thing to do. I do hope that more groups
will
> not only make their old stuff available on CD but their new stuff too.
> Especially now that the ICZN allows CD-R recordings as valid taxonomic
> publications. (On line papers are disallowed - and rightly so.) I offer
the
> following as an encouragement to get others moving toward CD publication.
>
>     Right now I am in the process of running off a couple hundred CD's of
> TTR (The Taxonomic Report) Volume Two. If I can do it anybody can. (For
> those who put out very large numbers, they can be run off commercially but
> labeled, boxed and mailed by volunteers at a big savings.)
>     We have two versions of the Volume on each CD: 1) Windows word (95 or
> 2000) and 2) Adobe pdf format.
>     We include a file copy of Adobe Reader to drag and drop (upload) on
the
> subscriber's computer to insure that it can be read by any computer.
>     The CD has an auto run program so it self starts on any computer and
> brings up a txt text of how and what to do next.
>     Even though we use lots of big (even for jpg) picture files in the
Word
> files, the whole thing takes up only about 10% of the space on a 650
> megabit CD.
>     We make all the jewel-case inserts and CD labels in house. At 4X
> duplicating speed it takes 3 minutes to burn each CD. There are four label
> printings needed for each CD: the CD label, the back insert, and two sides
> of the inside insert. Once the labels are designed and set up on the
> computer, it takes about 1 minute to print all four labels (this includes
> several small color pictures). The most time consuming aspect is in taking
> each jewel case apart to put the back cover in and re-assembly. All
> together it takes about 5-6 minutes to construct each CD.
>     We mail all our CDs first class which will cost between $.97 to $1.45
> domestic depending on the quality of padded mailer used. Cost of CDs
varies
> greatly by quality and quantity. We use top of the line Memorex or Sony
> CDs.
>
>     Can a group with a large mailing list do this? Yes. Larger groups have
> more finances and can have some or all of this done commercially. Also,
> several years ago a religious non-profit I started put out a newspaper
> style publication almost every month to between 10 - 15,000 addresses. We
> paid a local town paper to print it. Then a bunch of us got together and
> labeled, sorted, and bagged all 15,000 copies for bulk mailing to all 50
> states. About a dozen of us would knock this out in one day. We did this
> for several years. 1,500 CDs could be assembled in one evening. I bet
there
> are lots of volunteers available to the Lep. Soc. NABA etc. who would
> welcome the chance to get with others of like interest to assemble their
> group or societies CD for distribution.
>     Those groups that use bulk permits would have to work in the
limitation
> that bulk mail must be mailed from the post office of record. Well, I
could
> say more but this is a good start.
>
> Check us out and subscribe at www.tils-ttr.org - Ron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Worth" <rworth at oda.state.or.us>
> To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:24 PM
> Subject: Journal on CD
>
>
> > Lepsters,
> > We recently received the Coleopterists' Bulletin, Vols. 1-53;
> > 1947-1999, here at ODA.  It is all on 1 CD, saved as PDF files.  Are
> > there any plans to do something like this for the Lep Soc Journal in
> > the near future.  It would also be great to see other publications
> > put into this media format, especially some of the harder to find
> > ones like "Proceedings" of various large museums that sometimes have
> > species descriptions going back to the 1800's.  And what a space
> > saver!
> >
> > Cheers, Rich
> > Richard A. Worth
> > Oregon Department of Agriculture
> > Plant Division
> > rworth at oda.state.or.us
> > (503) 986-6461
> >
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