21-05-2026, 11:27 AM
I meant "aberil" but it got changed to "abseil". I should just never post from my phone anymore, damn autocorrect 
I am also of the opinion that typed-out transcriptions should be used with caution and confirmed when possible. In almost all cases, it's a tradeoff between searchability and reliability. On the other hand, I assume material keeps being digitized and made more accessible, so these keyword searches in scanned books may still turn up relevant leads that weren't there 10 years ago.
We'd probably learn a lot if BNF had some kind of full-text search like MDZ (digitale-zammlungen) has.
I am also of the opinion that typed-out transcriptions should be used with caution and confirmed when possible. In almost all cases, it's a tradeoff between searchability and reliability. On the other hand, I assume material keeps being digitized and made more accessible, so these keyword searches in scanned books may still turn up relevant leads that weren't there 10 years ago.
We'd probably learn a lot if BNF had some kind of full-text search like MDZ (digitale-zammlungen) has.