I do a lot of scanning. I was just tearing out and filing the pages I wanted to keep. Scanning is great. I love the idea someone mentioned about a file with just the pictures. That is the next thing I'll do. I keep them on an external drive. Also, have you heard of cutepdf.com This is downloadable software than I have found is about the most valuable item around. It is a free download. When you fin something you want to keep. click print and cutepdf should come up as a printer. Click this and it will ask where you want it to print to. Open up the file you want it in, click print and it saves it to that file. You can also just highlight a selection and you will be able to save that selection when you do the print. It is the most wonderful thing for saving patterns and ideas, recipes and about anything else.
Sorry this got so wordy. If you have any questions, let me know.