I have been a lurker on the Listserv for a number of years and have found it 
to be very informative. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Greg Kalagian 
and I am the Records Manager for a town in Connecticut. I was just contacted 
by my boss who had met with the head of our local government and it was 
suggested that we scan all the paper records for the town and maintain them 
in a searchable database. My question to members of this listserv is has 
anyone scanned all of their paper records into a digital database and are there 
any vendors you would recommend to use for this project? Also is there a 
particular software program you would recommend for this project?

     Having just been informed of this plan I am still in the process of 
determining the volume of records to be scanned. My guess is we are talking 
about 1,000-1,500 standard record boxes plus another 1,500 maps & drawings. 
I know my question is a little short on hard numbers but any input from the 
group regarding this type of project would be appreciated. One of the 
products that my IT department has suggested we look into is a product from 
Square 9 Softworks called Smartsearch 2.3. If anyone is using or has used this 
product I would appreciate your feedback Feel free to contact me individually 
if you don’t wish to post your reply to the Listserv.

Thanks for any assistance you can provide.

Greg Kalagian

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