Computer Shopper scans?

Tony Duell wrote: I'd agree about keeping the paper copy, although trying to prolong the life of said paper copy is going to be quite expensive. Also remember that the only realistic way of scanning something like this would be to chop off the spine. You can get such material rebound, but that adds to the expense. That (plus the fact that it saves a lot of effort) is why I would approach the pulisher first. I'd be surprised if Computer Shopper has any real "value" in old issues. If the publisher does have the issues in almost any kind of electronic form, conversion to PDF would surely be much easier than chopping, scanning, collating and checking. It all boils down to what (if any) conditions the donor specified. If they just wanted to get rid of it, then knifing off the spine to scan seems fair enough. If they wanted it preserved for all time, then they should have said so (and maybe given it to an organisation that isn't having difficulty keeping fixing the holes in the roof). I presume that the various copyright libraries all have a complete set too, so this certainly shouldn't be the only set in existence. Agreed. Although if you know what you want, it's much quicker to find it in a set of files that to wander up to the (groaning) attic and look for the relevant issue. Antonio