“Scanning instead of copying” this is the new slogan for the Universities Library of Stuttgart ‘cause now five new book scanner are available for every visitor of the library. The Library is proud of the new scanner and mentioned the benefits on their own Blog. There is no paper consumption anymore, no damage on books and journals like you have it with current photocopiers. And the users benefit from full color quality copies, which can be saved on every USB Flash Drive for free.  

See the original Text: http://www.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/wordpress/2011/04/27/scannen-statt-kopieren/