Second email is the interesting one... ----Original Message Follows---- From: [email protected] Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ARCHIVES] flash drives in the reading room Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:27:40 EDT it would take monitoring but charge them the same as the printed copies and there is less cost to you. It makes you more $, saved the patron from having to rescan the image....etc... just a though from the nonstandard archives here! Thanks, Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org > > We have recently come across a situation in our reading room that has us > stumped. In our reading room we have 3 microfilm readers, one of which is a > microfilm printer. The reader/printer is actually a microfilm reader > attached to a computer, which then prints the microfilm image on a regular > printer. Recently we had a patron ask if she could just save the microfilm > images directly onto her flash drive rather than printing them. For now > we've asked her not to do that, but my director cannot decide if we should > continue to forbid this, or if we are simply being too slow in adjusting to > new technology. My first concern is with any virus that could be downloaded > onto our network from a flash drive. My other concern is with materials > control. I feel that I have better control of our microfilm if she is > getting printed copies rather than electronic copies, but in this age of > digital manipulation, I don't know if that is a valid feeling anymore. > > I should also add that we are in the process of revising our over-all > policies (and by revise I mean actually write specific policies instead of > vague guidelines...) so it would be great if we could address this problem > in our current policy revisions. If this is just a case of adjusting to new > technology, I am willing to let her do it, but I would rather look at it > from all angles first. I also recognize that flash drives are not really > new, this is just the first instance we've had one come into our reading > room. > > Thank you for the use of your collective wisdom! > Emily > > Emily E. Hyatt > Archivist > The History Center > 102 N. Temple > Diboll, TX 75941 > > Phone: (936) 829-3543 > Fax: (936) 829-3556 > > 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 [email protected] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [email protected] 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 <[email protected]>