RiPmFullText.org
Title
RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals
Description
Excerpted from the website description:
- The word Archive in the title RIPM Online Archive of Music Periodicals (Full-Text) is important, for the Archive is a digital collection of periodicals reproducing originals in varying conditions. Many journals in the Archive were scanned from originals in pristine condition, others less so, and still others were scanned from service copies of microfilm or even photocopies. While a considerable effort has been made to digitize documents in excellent condition, at times this has not been possible. We have therefore captured what is available, and while a better copy might be found in a far-off collection, the idea of delaying digitization until it was available seemed to us counter- productive and too utopian a scheme to pursue. Thus the question that determined whether a document was scanned for dissemination in the Archive was: “Can we read it with a reasonable amount of ease (even with a bit of difficulty)?” If yes, it was scanned. It has been RIPM’s position that a digitized copy, even if imperfect, is better than no copy at all, until of course a better copy becomes available.
