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Project to digitize avant-garde periodicals
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View Facsimile of Object as close as possible to Original #7

Open sdellis opened 10 years ago

sdellis commented 10 years ago

As a Periodical Studies or Art History Researcher I want to view a facsimile of the periodical as close to the original as possible So that I can understand how the object (not just the words) functions and communicates "meaning and ideas"

sdellis commented 10 years ago

This is quite fuzzy. There are any number of screens and devices where one would need to compromise scale.

sdellis commented 10 years ago

Sandy Brooke also mentions this as an important aspect. Page turning and "2-up" views are essential in her mind. She also suggested allowing for color bars and information on paper types to give greater detail about the actual object.

cwulfman commented 10 years ago

Let's see if we can make this more concrete, because many people express an interest in this sort of modality.

  1. Does the Blue Mountain Project need to do primary research and development in order to create a GUI to its magazines? If so, what specific features or functionalities must be developed?
  2. We need to develop a list of specific features or functionalities encompassed by this statement. E.g.,
    • The physical qualities of the pages must be preserved:
    • The dimensions of the original must be inferrable from the surrogate;
    • The recto/verso and page spread relationships must be expressed;
    • etc.