I have seen musicians, pianists and chamber ensembles, playing from tablets with the score displayed. Page turns, at least for pianists, are effected by means of a foot pedal connected like a mouse to the tablet. In fact, it seems to reduce the need for a page turner for complex keyboard works such as, say, a score for a Bach fugue, or the organ symphonies of Widor. On the other hand, for pages that are larger than a tablet scree can display, or instructions that are too far from a power supply, and possibly other factors, a print copy would still be the ideal form to work from. Ken Grabach Maps Librarian BEST Library, 219D Miami University Libraries Oxford, OH 45056 USA [log in to unmask] 513-529-1726 On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Piselli, Kathy < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Try repairing or building something with your phone or tablet “held open” > to the page you need and see how far you get. (Try it when cooking, for > that matter – I don’t know anyone who does not work from some form of hard > copy) > > > > Kathy Piselli > > Librarian II > > Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System > > Central Library > > One Margaret Mitchell Square > > Atlanta, Georgia 30303 > > Telephone: 404.730.1900 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > > http://www.afpls.org/ > > > > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Wagner, Leslie A > *Sent:* Friday, July 01, 2016 9:58 AM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: The old ways > > > > I must add to this thread that I showed the online downloadable files to > my husband (a former Boy Scout). His response: “What good is that? You have > to print out 300 plus pages to read it.” Okay. He’s very old school. He > retires (again) at the end of July. I, too, like the hard copy form – it’s > so much easier (for us old fogies) to flip through and quickly explore the > paper version. > > > > I’m also going to show these books to our FabLab director who is both an > artist and a tech wizard. He’s been very keen on having how-to > instructional materials on the old ways… > > > > Thank you, Michael, for bringing these items to our attention! > > > > Leslie Wagner > > Associate Archivist > > University of Texas at Arlington Libraries > > 817-272-6209 > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > *From:* Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]>] *On Behalf Of *Michael Holt > *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2016 1:02 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: The old ways > > > > It looks like I don't need to keep these original books, and I don't need > to scan anything. Anyone who wishes to have the pages can get them from > the internet. A little bit of exploring brought these links to light: > > The Boy Mechanic: Book 1, 700 things 16,343k (Google Books) > https://archive.org/details/boymechanicthin00cogoog > > The Boy Mechanic: Book 1, 700 things 17,760K (Gutenberg Project) > https://archive.org/details/theboymechanicvo12655gut > > (I'd go with the Google Books version of Book 1. Gutenberg Project > re-typesets the whole thing and pagination is lost.) > > The Boy Mechanic: Book 2, 1000 things 32,308K > https://archive.org/details/boymechanicbook200chic2 > > The Boy Mechanic: Book 3, 800 things 33,083K > https://archive.org/details/boymechanic03popu > > What I had in mind in the beginning was a small book with a title > something like *The Boy Mechanic Maps the Neighborhood. * Included in it > would not only the cartography articles but also the articles about making > the tools and whatever can be found about tricks with math (I found at > least one). Someone else would have to do it, though, because I lack the > software to take the PDFs apart and re-assemble the articles into a single > document. In an ideal world, the whole thing might be tested by a school, > and the testing managed by someone who's on this list. Does anyone know of > a middle-school administrator who'd like to work with this idea? > > > Michael Holt > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > > >