How to properly digitize an archive?

Question

System administration

Comrades, tell me, someone may have come across, or participated in this.
It is necessary to carry out an inventory and digitization of archival documents.
How to do this thing correctly, what are the pitfalls, what to consider and what tools are better to use (software, scanners)?

Answer 1

Start doing, campaign to collect problems and make crutches.

Answer 2

If you need not only digitization, but also legal processing in terms of storage periods, etc., it is better to contact a specialized company.