I've also done research into digitalization, and most of what I've found
suggests that scanning is not a major danger to photographs.  In fact, for
the brief time the photo is on the scanner, once you have a digital image
you can utilize that digital image for public access and put away the
original image, where it can be protected from handling damage,
light/humidity damage, etc.  Those are bigger dangers than a minute on a
scanner bed.

A good resource for questions like that is the Conservation Online website
at:  http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/



--
Christopher J. Dawson
Curator of Urban and Industrial History
Crawford Museum of Transportation and Industry Design Task Force
Western Reserve Historical Society
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
216-721-5722 x247
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