Con:
You may have percent of clientele who do have digital cameras but if their cell phones do would that work?? They could shoot and email the pic to themselves- assuming they do have email.
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From: WILLIAM W LEFEVRE <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:22 am
Subject: Duplication services- digital versus photocopies
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
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