>Do any of you have policies as to the scanning of their collections, or partof, by visitors. We in our museum would be interested in how this is handled. > Do you allow the scanning? Do you charge a fee for the scans etc The archives of the Episcopal Diocese of WNY are closed in the sense that we do not allow walk-ins. I am there when I can be there I currently do all the looking up of records because of the sensitivity of the material in the sacramental records- illegitimate births, causes of death unless the researcher is known and not a "record troller". As far as copying and scanning- I do it all. Many of our records are very fragile and one-of-a-kind. We have facilities in-house for doing this but in staff offices. I am currently looking at costs per page etc for this service. Until now it has been free but it does take time and materials- I have thossed this out to my advisory board and they agree. We just have to get it in place. Nancy Piatkowski archivist, Episcopal Diocese of WNY http://buffalolore.buffalonet.org/Episcopalarchives/arc hives.htm