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panurge said:
> then we don't need page numbers.
we still need them, because prior aspects of the record
use them. we cannot forfeit all those earlier pointers...
> We do need to know how closely
> the electronic version resembles its print source.
and, for that, we need to sync the two. by page number.
(because, realistically, what else are we going to use?)
> there is sometimes more information
> in a print or handwritten source
> than can be easily captured in its digitized version.
that's a different problem. but we always had that one.
there's no substitute for access to the original, at least
for some things. still, for a good many _other_ things,
access to a digital copy is better than nothing, _much_
better than we used to have (i.e., which was nothing...)
if you have feedback on the numerous examples i gave,
i'd love to hear it. if not, that's fine too...
-bowerbird
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