Category Archives: Blog

Recent Flooding Confirms Importance of Scanning

There have been many recent incidents of flooding in the area that have affected important public records and personal documents.  Houses in Cuyahoga Falls and Stow completely caved in.  Cuyahoga Falls City Hall flooded.  Lorain Municipal Court flooded. And the list continues.  While the initial concern is for the safety of residents (and employees, as …

NEW! Public Access to Marriage Records in Summit County Ohio

ScanWorks recently had the privilege of being selected to scan the marriage records maintained by the Summit County Probate Court.  Until they were scanned, these marriage records could only be accessed by looking at the original paper records at the Probate Court, or by having a Court employee pull the records up on microfilm.  Each …

Employee Records — How Long to Keep

Have you finally concluded you must do something about the file cabinets in your office that are bulging at the seams? Would you love to purge some of your records but find yourself wondering how long you are legally obligated to keep them? Would it be easy to start with your employee-related records? After all, …

Thank You Funeral Directors Association

I would like to thank the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association in northeast Ohio for having me as their continuing education guest speaker on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.  The topic of how to develop an effective document management policy is important as we all continue to generate incredible amounts of documents in our businesses.  And, as …