Dear All:

Last year the Reuther Library instituted policies and procedures for patrons to use digital cameras to capture images of documents in our Reading Room.  We supply the media cards, which the patrons return at the end of the day.  When the media cards come back, we run a droplet in photoshop that resizes the images, sets the DPI and adds a watermark.  Then we burn to a disk or transfer to a flash drive.  At the same time, we offer traditional photocopying services.

I'm toying with the idea of making digital images our preferred method of delivery and asking patrons to please bring cameras with them- and making photocopying the secondary (last resort) method of reproduction.

The question- Pros and Cons to doing this?  And has anyone gone this route before?

Some pros I see:

Digital frees up staff; lessens toner, paper, maintenance costs; less intrusive on the original records themselves (preservation issues).

Cons???

William

William LeFevre, CA, CRM
Reference Archivist, Walter P. Reuther Library
Interdisciplinary Faculty, Library & Information Science Program
Wayne State University
5401 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
313.577.2789 (Voice)
313.577.4300 (FAX)
website: www.reuther.wayne.edu

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