Since the materials provided by the Orange County Regional
History Center and the Orange County Library System were often
fragile or rare materials, an environment of trust was essential to the
success of the project. This was especially important for the History
Center as it was not ordinarily their practice to allow materials to
leave their reading rooms much less travel across the city.
Representatives from the partner institutions were invited to spend a
day with the scanning assistant to alleviate any concerns about the
care and handling of materials as well as have a front row seat to the
Central Florida Memory
scanning process. With the small number of items involved in the
pilot, tracking materials was easily performed using spreadsheets and
email, and delivery and return of items was handled in person.