Have you considered giving patrons access to a walk up book scanning service in your library? Sure you've probably looked at it once or twice a few years back; between the Google book initiative and the popularity of e-book readers hitting the market, it would be hard not to consider offering the service in your library. However, chances are, the idea was dismissed for a variety of different reasons (cost, time, training effort, support, etc.). But times have changed, technology has advanced and the needs of the library have been heard and adopted. So let's take a look at 5 reasons now might be the time to consider book scanning in your library.

Whatever the size of your business, implementing a record management solution will bring a host of benefits to it. This can give you a competitive edge. Quality record management software is the future for the administration and distribution of information because it decreases, considerably, the time taken to manage and access all information within an organization. This can be achieved by referencing all information intelligently, which can be accessed faster, securely, at any time (via intranet or the internet) and in the way that best suits your needs. This blog post will discuss specific features of quality record management software.

ScanFile - Version 8 brings a fresh new look together with a host of new features to one of the most popular and easy to use document management solutions available. ScanFile offers a flexible and easy to use platform for the storage, referencing and retrieval of your organizations documents.

FileDirector - One of the most feature-rich and innovative electronic document management systems to be found on the market today, with comprehensive functionality to suit any size of business. It’s up to date and out of the box technology, simple administration and even simpler user interface make it a refreshing alternative to complicated and costly, consultancy driven applications or SharePoint solutions.

Integration – This document management software can be installed into almost any Microsoft Windows network environment. It can be fully integrated with either SQL or Oracle databases and Windows Active Directory or LDAP security. This allows for perfect integration into almost every type of Canadian company's infrastructure.

Formatta, E-Forms software, is a leading provider of eforms-driven business process optimization solutions delivering increased performance and the industry’s most rapid return on investment to businesses and organizations in the government, healthcare, education and financial services markets.

Formatta E-Forms software is easy to use, quick to implement and affordable. This robust and intuitive software captures data electronically from users, verifies it for accuracy and completeness, routes it for approvals and electronic signatures, and moves it directly into the critical business systems that organizations rely on to run their businesses - such as Finance, Human Resources, Customer Service and Sales.

Whatever the size of your business, implementing a record management solution will bring a host of benefits to it. This can give you a competitive edge. Quality record management software is the future for the administration and distribution of information because it decreases, considerably, the time taken to manage and access all information within an organization. This can be achieved by referencing all information intelligently, which can be accessed faster, securely, at any time (via intranet or the internet) and in the way that best suits your needs. This blog post will discuss specific features of quality record management software.

Document management company, MES Hybrid Document Systems, Inc has been successfully supplying and supporting document scanning solutions in public and private organizations across Canada since 1971. MES provides ECM (Enterprise Content Management) and ERM (Enterprise Records Management) solutions to organizations looking to achieve the regulatory, productivity and sustainability benefits associated with such systems. One such organization, Girl Guides Ontario Council, has recently successfully implemented MES’s document management solutions.

The Girl Guides began in 1908 when Boy Scout found Lord Baden-Powell, asked his sister, Agnes, to create a similar program for girls. The Girls Guide Ontario Council archives a great number of documents pertaining to the history of Guiding in Canada. A great deal of this information was becoming dated and the paperwork was hard to retrieve and easily became damaged. MES, which was already providing microfilming services, is now returning document in an electronic format, which allows the organization to perform simple searches and retrieve information quickly and efficiently.

Do you want to go digital but have hesitations about the legality of digital images in a document management solution? Join industry expert Michael O'Shea as he reviews the best practices for the legal admissability of digital images in Canada.

Want to make sure your document management/ECM solution is a success? Join Kevin D'Arcy, VP of MES Hybrid Document Systems, as he outlines 8 key points to make your document management project a success.