1. No one really thinks about why the item is being scanned When people talk about scanning something or putting it online, their reasons for doing so can be shockingly vague. People will say things like "to make it more available", or "to make it easier to search", but often what they really want is something completely different. I have had a faculty member initiate a scanning project for photographs only to find out that what they really wanted was to blow up the images so he could see them better. After the first few test items, and him complaining about how he couldn't see the images well enough, it became obvious what he wanted. We changed the project to scan the images at a higher resolution to make it a bit easier for him. 2. No one thinks about what, exactly needs to be captured during the scan When people first start out, they think of scanning as a pretty simple process of just taking a picture of the item and putting it online. However, the
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