My apologies for any repeat queries, as I am a first time poster. My institution is currently digitizing our legacy hard copy records, but I am interested in considering how user needs might change the priority of the documents we are scanning in, or our scanning procedure. We will have users from the technical and scholarly communities, as well as from the general public. Can anyone offer practical examples of ways user needs can/should drive digitization? Also, up to now we have been borrowing a Fujitsu fi 5750 scanner, which has both flatbed and bulk- feeding capacity. Our records are mostly letter-sized and in good shape, and speed is a priority, so we have found the bulk feeding option to work well for our purposes. Now we have an opportunity to purchase a scanner - any particular recommendations? Many thanks, Kim Braun, Digital Library Project Archivist __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>