getting rid of paper files

[edward chin]

If I understand the situation correctly, you need a way of
indexing numerous paper documents and retaining
a scanned copy of each.

>From a legal, artistic, or creative perspective, a copy
is not an acceptable substitute for the original.

So, you still have the problem of organising and storing
the originals. This sounds more like a database issue.

Scanning provides only the convenience of viewing a document
before beginning a search for the original.

> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 05:35:54PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
>> We have boxes and boxes of paper files -- various kinds of records.  These
>> records continue to flow in.  They are not uniform: there are many kinds
>> of records.
>>

>> Some files must be retained for a long time.
>>
>>
>> - at least some of thethe files need to preserved forever.  So a simple
>>   and open system is important.  An active discipline of duplicating and
>>   porting will be required.
>>
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