Scholars Take Notes by the Megapixel, but Some Librarians Object

By SCOTT CARLSON

When Clifton C. Crais, a professor of history at Emory University, goes to a special-collections library or an archive to do research, he uses his digital camera as a personal photocopy machine.

When he finds an interesting document, he puts it on a table, stands over it with the camera, and shoots a picture. Then he...

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