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