On the subject of scanners in libraries,
I was recently at the UW (on a rainy day, of course) because I needed
electronic copies of the figures from my own dissertation (my copy is in
Florida and I know I'll have no chance to retrieve it without going to
Florida). I took my own scanner and computer and, after getting the
archive copy at the Suz main circulation desk (the process of which
turned out to be very smooth, thank you UW library), settled in for the
afternoon to scan the figures in.
About an hour into the process, a library assistant came by and asked
why I was scanning most everything (actually only the figures) in the
book. I explained the situation and offered my (California) driver's
license, my passport (in hand for going out of the country the next
day), and my UW alumni card. She went off to get her boss who came and
allowed as how what I was doing was perfectly okay after inspecting my
documents.
My point here is that, unfortunately, the very best way for making sure
it's all legal is y'all keeping an eye on what your patrons are doing,
though I can see this is going to keep a highly trained person busy at
something that ought to be easier to do. I was able to set up my gear
in a "regular" study hutch without any difficulty.
By the way, a funny story about why I needed the figures: It turns out
that my dissertation from 32 years ago is becoming a hot topic because
Seattle is apparently going to have another election to fund a rail
transit system 37 years after its last attempt. I've had four calls in
the last six weeks asking permission to quote various pieces of my
dissertation. Talk about dredging stuff up out of the past!!!! ;-)
Just my $0.02 worth.
virginia
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