The digital camera has made data gathering so much easier, I have
taken a few hundred pictures at a sitting.
Later transcribing the information into a database, it seriously
reduces my need to handle the document.
I cannot make silly errors on paper then need to return, I can work at
my own pace.
For the archive I can give back a transcribed file.


On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Mark Forrest
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> At Dorset we have a £7 per day permit - good uptake and few (if any)
> complaints about cost.
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> It is worth thinking about document handing - particularly for fragile or
> "springy" documents which will not lie flat. Researchers who would
> normally be happy to comply with all handling guidelines tend to get their

Explain how easy it is to use open source free software to fixup any
image later.
I use gimp.


Dave Caroline

> irons out and try to flatten anything for the perfect shot !
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> Charging as much as £10 may not be appropriate for every service, but I do
> think that allowing the use of photography is a great way to generate some
> badly needed income, particularly in small services like ours. Some may
> not have thought our charge was 'reasonable' but we've never had anyone
> unwilling to pay!
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> Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 14:12:39 +0100
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> Sophie Cawthorne's comment about income and charging perhaps needs a
> caveat - especially at the higher end of the charging range. At £10 a day,
> some readers will want to batch their photography rather than take
> pictures when they first see material - getting items out again on a day
> when they know they will have enough material to photograph to justify the
> expense. That means more staff time on production, more wear and tear, and
> so on - and so might become counter-productive to the service. Keep the
> charge reasonable, and people will be happy to pay even if (as I did
> recently) they only take a couple of photos on any given visit.
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> Margaret Procter says "searchers are now often using their time in the
> searchroom primarily to *collect* data for later analysis". Absolutely
> right, but hasn't this always been the case? I hope this isn't something
> that service providers are only just starting to recognise. It is a key
> factor to bear in mind in designing services with the practical needs of
> users in mind. For that reason, I rather liked the emphasis on "
> facilitating greater research economically and efficiently" in the summary
> of the '"Capture and Release": Digital Cameras in the Reading Room' report
> flagged up by Anne Taylor.
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> For me, anything that helps us to make services more economical for the
> provider and more efficient for the user is much to be welcomed.
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> And, yes, use of reading rooms is largely about resource gathering for the
> user - most of the thinking and analysis is done elsewhere and at another
> time
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> Chris Pickford
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