PT Journal Index (Confused now)

[Don]

Hi David,

But the day of the laptop has arrived! I would love to have the *whole*
journal with me--from 1946 or 1846 to present!

At 05:55 PM 4/30/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Personally, I like the Source books from the Home Office which 
>contain articles from the Journal pertaining to specific areas 
>such as Dampers, General Repairs etc.  I have most of them and 
>would highly recommend them to the List.  I like a booklet of 
>info better than a CD-ROM cause I can take it to the piano and 
>work with it within reach.  
>
>David Ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA
>
>
>
>> Subject:       Re: PT Journal Index (Confused now)
>> Date:          Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:56:46 -0500
>> From:          Kent Swafford <kswafford@earthlink.net>
>> To:            "pianotech list" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org
>
>> Richard Wagner wrote:
>> 
>> >My original question, however, was about a
>> >comprehensive/searchable database of the indexes TO the articles... not
the
>> >articles themselves.
>> >
>> >I don't see how anyone could try to prohibit just a listing of titles and
>> >authors.  As an example, it's been done in book form to cover 14 years as
>> >Kent stated below.  
>> >
>> >Why can't the same be done for all the journals from day one to present
>> >with updates available every year or so?
>> >
>> >Am I missing something?
>> >
>> >Thanks again.
>> >
>> >			Richard Wagner RPT
>> 
>> Journal indexes have been published in the past; it is my understanding 
>> they have sold relatively poorly.
>> 
>> Indexes in book form are more-or-less out of date as soon as they are 
>> published.  Out-of-date indexes are a drag.
>> 
>> I do not know the details, but a computerized Journal index was published 
>> independently by an individual in the past, but no longer. Perhaps it was 
>> "before its time."  
>> 
>> Speaking only for myself, I believe that the answer as to how best to 
>> handle a Journal index is to 1) think of it as a member benefit rather 
>> than a revenue source and 2) publish it online so that it can be updated 
>> monthly. Although it is true that not all techs are online and could 
>> directly access an online index themselves, the off-line techs could 
>> still make a phone call to the home office or someone they know with 
>> online access (RVP's and other computer geeks) and get the info they seek.
>> 
>> It is my expectation that any CD-ROM of Journal articles would include an 
>> index.  I do not believe that a Journal index would be a large enough 
>> project to warrant being published by itself on a CD-ROM.
>> 
>> >Would it be possible to ... incorporate Danny Boone's
>> >material, give Barbara a hefty royalty for using it, supplement it with
the
>> >missing and newer material, then market it as a PTG publication?
>> >
>> >Susan
>> 
>> See above for my take on the situation. I believe the PTG has compiled 
>> data in-house for indexing the Journal and could publish an index with 
>> this data.
>> 
>> Kent Swafford
>> 
>> 
>
>
Regards, Don