I'm sorry, but your query is confusing to me. Are you talking about the image files (I assume that is what you mean by "scans") themselves or the various media formats that hold the image files? If you are talking about the image files, then I must disagree with you that they would be "better" printed. Au contraire, in the very near future you will be digitizing everything that is not important as a physical object, and media are not important in most cases. I would hope that you have transferred all digital images to a central repository which has been properly backed-up. In such case you use whatever archiving system you normaly use for digital materials. The media itself has marginal value and should stay around for internal use only. Hope that helps. Peace, Nick     

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>From: "Mary Thomason-Morris (CCHA)" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Nov 14, 2007 1:46 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: [MUSEUM-L] electronic storage device nomenclature help
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>Chenhall does not seem to take into account (or has not updated to) the 
>newer technology and I am having a hard time figuring out how to list certain 
>items.  Some of our photograph collection are 'Computer Scan only" types 
>(persons loaned us their old photos for scanning, kept the originals & we have 
>only the scans), or scans/pdf files were sent to us on either zip discs or CD-
>Roms (both photos and scans of archival materials). I have stated under home 
>location on our catalog page the items that are 'Computer Scan Only" and 
>added to the Lexicon "Scan, Digital", but how do I name Zip disks, PDF files on 
>either Zip Disks/CDs, and CD-roms?  
>Due to time & staff constraints (me, me & me) very few of these files have 
>been printed, so the digital file is all we have at the moment.  These items 
>have been cataloged as well as possible, and are listed on our online catalog, 
>but non-requests for the materials have made them low-man on the printing 
>pole.  If they are ever printed (& I know it would be much better for 
>retention), how would you update the cataloging (the electronic files are 
>cataloged in their broad area:photos/archives/library)? 
>So much great stuff, so little time!!
>
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