Scanners and Libraries

Perhaps because I have worked in office environments for my entire working history, I never really considered the importance of scanners in libraries. 

Actually, I suppose I should rephrase that - I never considered the importance of images for libraries.

When I thought about it though, I did notice that more and more sources I see library websites contain images.  Furthermore, some libraries have started including digital galleries of their collections, similar to archives and museums.  In fact, the Archives at Odum Library have a beautiful collection of historical photos posted to their Flickr account, and when I volunteered with the Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum Mrs. Brown spent an entire day showing me how she imaged the textile library, edited the photos for optimal viewing, and loaded them into galleries on the museum website.  So images - and scanners - are a huge part of modern libraries.

With any luck, I will continue this research for my technology proposal this month.  If not, I will undoubtedly look into it on my own time.  I find the subject to be oddly compelling!

Cheers for your own tech proposals!

An image, for posterity's sake.