How to Scan/Image Records and Go Paperless

Destroying Paper Records After Scanning...

• Can Paper Records Be Destroyed After Imaging/Scanning?
• Requirements for the Destruction of Paper Records after Imaging ("Plan to Scan") v.2.0 (May 2024)
• What Happened to the EIS / DAD Approval Process?

Archival Records and Appraisal...

• How to Find Which Records Are Designated as "Archival"
• How to Transfer for Appraisal and Selective Retention
• How to Contact the Archives Branch in Your Region

Training...

• Scanning and Tossing (Recorded Webinar - December 2014 - 37mins)
  • PowerPoint Slides

Managing Digitization Projects and Scanned Records...

• Can a Scanner be Funded by a Local Records Technology Tools Grant?
• Factors Affecting the Cost of Digitizing Paper Records
• Hard Drives and Multipurpose Copiers/Scanners
• How a Local Records Digital Imaging Grant Can Help
• Options for Digitizing Large Format Records
• What is Metadata (and Why Does it Matter)?

Scanning Services Offered...

• How to Get Records Scanned by Washington State Archives