I'm interupting my development of an organizational structure for the archives and am working on a scrapbook. Two mini-problems have reared their head.
First, I noticed the scanner I was given cuts off the sides of photos and sometimes magazine articles. What's a bare bones archivist to do? Take a page from Hollywood. I'm using blue posterboard and a green file folder (colors chosen because that's what I had) as a frame for the photo or article, thereby tricking the scanner to scan the whole item. Of course, this means going back and editing out the frame, but I haven't thought of a better solution. And yes, recording all the changes I make to the image...
Second, I realized that I have a lot of the magazines/newsletters/etc. the articles came from. I wonder if it's kosher to just take apart one of the many copies I have in the archives instead of scanning them. Take less time and effort, to be sure, but I'd still need a digital copy if I ever put it online. Not to mention retaining the integrity of the scrapbook.
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