IWM archive losses material

[Larry deZeng]

I think you are doing exactly the right thing, Ben, in soliciting opinion here before proceeding. Hopefully, enough of the members will express their thoughts to give you some idea of the demand for what you propose.

Personally, I think researchers would much, much prefer to work with your scans that with the film or fiche, these being cumbersome as well as requiring the purchase of microfilm equipment.

However, the fly in the ointment may be the IWM. They may have some licensing rights to the film and not want a competitor unless the competitor pays them a fee.

Larry