timdiggerm wrote: The Maker Movement comes to mind.
Make magazine covers much of what these people do and are about: http://makezine.com/
and if you ever get the chance to go to a Maker Faire, it's awesome:
Cory Doctorow is a vocal proponent and wrote a book called 'Makers' which deals with some of the societal ramifications when people can print out 3d objects:
But finding a crew to create the 35mm scanning equipment, means getting involved and helping out. Doable definitely, but finding the mind power and organizing is part of the difficulty. I think it's coming, the book scanners have gotten more and more sophisticated and easy to use over the years, shifting towards old film types converting to digital video is inevitable. But if it's 5 or 15 years away, not sure.