This is good information to have... scanning a photo once should also help
preserve the photo because from that point on you can refer to the scanned
image (we have Past Perfect, which allows us to attach a scanned image to
each object record). In this way, we can view the image without actually
handling it or bringing it out into the light.

Erica S. Maniez
Museum Director, Issaquah Historical Society
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Ginger M. Young
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 10:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Requesting Historic Photos in Digital Formats
>
>
> Dear Alissa and Renee, etc.:
>
> I began a photodocumentation project while an intern at a small
> museum in TX
> as part of my graduate requirements for completing an MA in Museum Science
> (in 1998). At the time, I was also concerned about what scanning
> would do to
> photographs because of the contact with light.
>
> Through this listserve it was brought to my attention that the
> light source
> used in scanners would not damage the photograph. I'm sure if a photograph
> was scanned over and over again, it would eventually do some sort
> of damage.

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