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Abstract
After receiving complaints from patrons about the quality of images within articles received via interlibrary loan, the authors reviewed the current practices endorsed by ALA, Rapid, and GWLA. This article reviews the current literature on best practices, but the authors believe turnaround time should not be the sole measure of success in resource sharing. The authors examine how much additional time is needed to scan articles in a way that preserves all of the data embedded in graphics and figures. The goal is to begin a discussion of industry standards for scanning journal articles with grayscale and color plates and figures.
Notes
The focus of this article is on scanning time, but file sizes obtained through Odyssey scans may need to be addressed as well. Read Joe Ellison's post to this thread for some background on Odyssey, TIFF, and file size (http://answerpot.com/showthread.php?2641642-Tif%20vs%20PDF).