[OPLINLIST] Document scanning service

[Anne Lowery]

Our Ricoh all-in-one is networked throughout the building and also has 
media slots - USB and card. We do not charge for scanning to email since it
is not using toner, paper, etc. We already pay staff to help people and 
I don't believe in charging patrons extra for this. Staff shows them how 
to input the
email address and some can retain the knowledge and help themselves. In 
my mind, scanning to email with our copier is not really all that 
different from
saving a file a patron creates on a public use computer and saving it to 
a flashdrive or attaching it to an email directly.

Anne Lowery, MLIS
Director
New London Public Library
67 S. Main St.
New London, OH  44851
(419) 929-3981
(419) 929-0007 (fax)
www.newlondonpubliclibrary.org

On 8/28/2013 12:57 PM, Jessica D. Dooley wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Would you share your opinions and practices about charging patrons for 
> document scanning? If your library provides the public with self-serve 
> document scanning, is it free, or do you charge? We currently provide 
> document scanning (to USB only) free of charge, via our coin-op 
> managed public copiers. We’re planning to make the switch to a Book 
> Scan center, that offers copying/faxing/scanning/printing, all in one 
> unit. Our vendor would like us to charge for scanning, just as for the 
> other services, but I’m not entirely comfortable charging for an 
> ephemeral service. Are any libraries currently charging patrons for 
> scanning?
>
> Thanks for your feedback,
>
> Jessica D. Dooley
>
> IT Specialist
>
> Adams County Public Library
>
> 157 High Street
>
> Peebles, OH 45660
>
> 937-587-2085
>
> dooleyje at oplin.org
>
>
>
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