[Genealib] Scan or index?

[Robert Sullivan]

>
>  The local high schools here have always donated copies of their year
> books to our collection ...until recently when concerns about privacy made
> them hesitant to do so.  Of course, the fact that the adresses of the
> students were listed in the year books made that more of a worry.  We no
> longer collect them though we maintain the collection of past editions.
> If the annuals are being put on the web, does that mean info about *living
> persons* is being put up for all to see?
> Miranda VanHorn
>
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>

Not only that, there would be enough rights issues involved to make this a
nightmare.

I've discussed this with our historical society from a preservation angle;
the yearbooks have a high mortality rate and it would be nice to always have
a pristine copy.  It would also be nice to have the time and money to do...

One of the local high schools refused to even sell us a yearbook for a long
time, and I have heard of at least one other in a neighboring county.  We
felt that if we ever did such a project, the collection would have to be for
in-library use only (except for perhaps the pre-1923 editions), with
possibly a name index online, to avoid privacy and copyright problems.  Your
mileage may vary.

-- 
Bob Sullivan
Schenectady Digital History Archive
<http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/>
Schenectady County (NY) Public Library
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