Database dumps from Manx
I had an email yesterday from someone who’d been scanning documents and contributing them to some of the sites covered by Manx, including Bitsavers. Having a large stash of DEC documentation, he wanted to make sure he directed his efforts towards those documents that aren’t already scanned, so he asked for a list of all the DEC documents in Manx, and whether any copies were known to exist online.
I’ve put the dump online, in case others find it useful: DEC documentation status.
This is likely out of date, because I don’t know what proportion of the DEC documentation online is not yet catalogued in Manx. I don’t even know what proportion of Bitsavers’ holdings are not covered, and I could at least calculate that.
I used to put fuller dumps of Manx online, and supplied complete dumps by email to a number of other archivists, but I no longer generate them as I never heard from anyone who’d found them useful. Nevertheless, if you’d like a particular report from Manx, please contact me, as it may help in planning the new facilities for users.
Hi, I’d really like to have a current dump of your Manx database. I really would like to preserve it and make it available again. Of course I would be very thankful just to have it for my own reference if you object to it’s availability. Please seriously consider it. I really would like to continue to update it and share it. I can’t seem to download it from the link you posted…have a great rest of the week and weekend.