An extensive investigation of professional literature related to the growth and development of digital collections did not yield any previously conducted studies on the use patterns of digitized items. There have been some published reports, however, of user satisfaction for digital versions of physical collections. Interestingly, despite the obvious advantages created by digital surrogates there is still a strong preference in most cases for the original item (Kenney, et al., 1993, Bouche, 1999). One obvious reason for this preference is that users do not want to read items on screen when access to a physical copy is still available. This preference seems particularly strong for manuscript materials or rare items that have association value to the author. Given the opportunity, scholars and researchers are still interested in consulting the original even when a highly accurate digital surrogate is available.