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.

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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
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Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 10:44 AM
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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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