Comments on: Online Historical Adventist Photos

By: h0bbes

h0bbes — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:56:59 +0000

Woo Hoo!!!! I’m a force for good! Thanks for the update Merlin, I look forward to the new and greatly improved database. Keep up the good work.

By: Johnny A. Ramírez

Johnny A. Ramírez — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:58:45 +0000

That is cool news Merlin Burt. Great to see Hobbes’ Place having an impact.
Cheers!

By: Merlin Burt

Merlin Burt — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:57:11 +0000

I read with interest your comments on the size of our photos. I agree they are too small. I was Chair of the Heritage Room at Loma Linda for 10 years and was responsible for the design of their photo database. I am now director of the Center at Andrews. We have recently hired a person who has the technical ability to improve our photo database. At Andrews (or Loma Linda) it was never our desire to make money off users unless they are making money from the picture themselves. We hope by the end of the year to have the redesign completed with a better format and larger images (actually, I think they will be a little larger than those at Loma Linda). They will also be available directly through the catalog. We are very agressively scanning pictures. We have a student assistant working full time this summer. We currently have in excess of 7,000 images available. Part of our problem with the change to have larger pictures is the number of corrections needed and the existing database. Anyway, here is my answer.

By: Ebay History #2 « Hobbes’ Place

Ebay History #2 « Hobbes’ Place — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:40:38 +0000

[...] Hobbes’ Place An Exploration of Adventist History and Culture « ASDAH Part 3 Ebay History #2 May 24th, 2007 Currently there are a number of interesting articles related to the early history of Adventism for sale on eBay. Perhaps someone with more money than me will purchase them and donate them to the Center for Adventist Research at Andrews University or the Heritage Room at Loma Linda University. (On second thoughts, donate to the Heritage Room at Loma Linda University, as the Center for Adventist Research still has not responded to my emails concerning the free availability of heritage photos from their collection–see my post here. [...]