tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post3806463574597301350..comments2024-03-26T11:22:41.940-07:00Comments on Genea-Musings: Mocavo Announces Free Scanning ServiceRandy Seaverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17477703429102065294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-57688612131163218182012-11-17T11:48:12.023-08:002012-11-17T11:48:12.023-08:00Thank you so much for posting this.
May I addres...Thank you so much for posting this. <br /><br />May I address another concern? I looked at both Mocavo and ReadyMicro's websites (I'm a Mocavo subscriber) and I am NOT convinced that it would be advisable to send your one-of-a-kind family material to them to be digitized. While it seems like this project would be fabulous for the reams and reams of contemporary paper we copy our research to, or duplicate photos we have, as an Archivist I would advise against sending anything else. Why? As someone who handles material of historical value every day, and a Consulting Archivist who worked on a large digitization project for a client, I know the disaster that can be caused by providing the material to a vendor who's specialty is <b>high speed scanning</b> not the scanning of historical material. And, while they make an off-handed comment about 'delicate material' on the website, would you want to risk an irreplaceable item in the hands of someone trained to do nothing more than use a piece of equipment? <br /><br />Unfortunately, I've seen it happen with a client. I would hate to see it happen to anyone else.Laura Cosgrove Lorenzanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794581991087280753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26204193.post-85007890825775738202012-11-15T06:35:50.601-08:002012-11-15T06:35:50.601-08:00Hi Randy,
Thanks for your review. I wanted to ad...Hi Randy,<br /><br />Thanks for your review. I wanted to address the concern that you raise about copyrights. We try to make clear on the mocavo.com/freescanning web page that copyright protected materials should not be submitted. To clarify further, once we receive materials from our community members we will review them to determine their copyright status. If copyright protection is in place, the material will not be included on our site. You can find additional information about our copyright policies in our Terms of Service.<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />Ryan Hunter<br />Chief Operating Officer<br />Mocavo, Inc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com