A colleague posed an interesting idea: patrons scan book pages to deliver to themselves by email, flash drive, etc. What if the scans didn't disappear from memory, but went into a repository so the next patron looking for that passage didn't have to jockey the flatbed scanner? * Patron scans library barcode at the scanner * The system says, "I have these pages available in cache." o Patron's project overlaps with the cache and saves time in the scanning, or o Patron needs different pages, scans them and contributes to the cache Now imagine a consortium of some sort where when the patron scans the barcode, the system takes a hop via the ISBN number in the record to reach out to a cache developed between a number of libraries. I know there are a number of cases where this may not apply, like loose-leaf publications in binders that get updated, etc. And I'm sure there are discussions around how to handle copyright, fair use, etc. Do we as a community already have a similar endeavor in place? Michael Lindsey UC Berkeley Law Library