Graham,
Thanks for sending me this response. These are issues I am considering with
regard to this proposal. As I mentioned in my original posting, at this
point I'm only considering the proposal. I submitted the post in hopes of
identifying digitization studies already conducted and published. This is a
due dilligence effort to identify the associated issues of a project of this
type.
I have researched a number of other studies that identify costs/time/scope
of projects implemented in a university/public library setting. These have
all been helpful from the perspective of identifying project scope. However,
I have found very little literature available for digitization projects
developed with a primary focus on an internal corporate/agency/organization
audience. I was hoping the RM community, with its efforts toward ERM and
records digitization may be aware of any published sources.
Thanks again. I appreciate any/all perspectives.
Steve Hausfeld
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Graham Kitchen
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 11:01 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] Scanning/OCRing Projects
Although this may indeed be a worthwhile project, What does the rest of the
agency think about this proposal? Do they care? How many requests for the
information do you get over measured periods of time. Will it be worth the
effort? If there are not a lot of requests, will the money be better spent
on conservation and better physical storage?
Of course we are all giving you advice from the outside. Only you will know
the true facts.
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Steve and Lisa Hausfeld
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:44 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Scanning/OCRing Projects
Hi all,
I've been a lurker for a long time and have enjoyed reading the discussions
on this listserv. I finally have a reason to ask. I'm also going to post
this to the archives listserv, but since so many of you work in the
corporate environment, I'm hoping you may be able to help too.
I'm an archivist for a small agency and am considering proposing a project
to scan/ocr our agency's press releases (almost 75 years worth) and make
them available on our intranet. I've been researching other document
scanning projects and have found few reports/case studies for this type of
project. Most papers I've seen discuss large projects to scan documents for
use by the general public or large groups of researchers. I can't seem to
find any studies on digitizing for use on an intranet or for a small(er)
organization or specific group.
Can anyone point me to a report/study for this type of project? Thanks in
advance.
Steve Hausfeld
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