*Interspersed* On 4/24/05, Gardner Buchanan <gbuchana@rogers.com> wrote:
Hi Jonathan,
You didn't mention reconciling your list with the cleared/books in progress list, and looking at your web page, I see that you intend to process at least one of those books in progress - by me - namely:
Macdonald, (Captain) John A Troublous Times in Canada: A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870
Apparently you didn't read the header at all; these are a list of _all_ of the books in the Canadian Library section of IA that are in their catalog. The PM making a claim is responsible for checking against the In-Progress list; Jon is simply providing a faster method of reducting duplicate claims than Mr. Price's invaluable monthly updates. Similar setups have happened around holidays, where a number of Christmas or Halloween books may be cleared within days of each other.
I've always found it a let down when a book I've laboured over pops up in PG 3 days before my year-long effort is finally finished. I have dibs on this: hands off.
Your tone is a bit harsh. If you bothered to read the header, you would have seen (by the lack of a color code) that those books are currently unclaimed by anyone. A simple note to the thread (I see that you have a DP account) or privately to Jon, would get them claimed in your name. Actually, while I am typing this you have done so, although it would have been better to claim both.
Also, your list also has a duplicate entry for this title.
That is because the IA has two copies of this title. One taken on their original setup, and another one taken later, with a different camera.
From a post by Molly at IA: We tagged all of the books with what kind of scanner scanned them. Here's the key: Kirtas APT 1200 #1- prototype robot with 8 megapixel camera, originals shot at around 250DPI, processed images interpolated to 300DPI (processed will be bigger, around 3MB each). Kirtas APT 1200 #2- production robot, same kind of camera as #1 Kirtas APT 1200 #2.5- production robot, new 16megapixel camera. originals are 500ish DPI (9-10MB each), most of the time processed images are 300DPI (~2MB each).
R C