16. The method of claim 11 wherein the disposition policy comprises a default disposition policy.
11. A method for processing documents, the method comprising: creating a reservation for a paper document; specifying in the reservation for the paper document metadata corresponding to the paper document, where the metadata includes a unique identifier of a label that is applied to the paper document and further includes a disposition policy for the paper document; applying the label to the paper document; scanning the paper document to generate an electronic document corresponding to the paper document; reading the unique identifier of the label in the electronic document; linking the electronic document with the reservation for the paper document based on the unique identifier of the label; storing the electronic document in a database; and scheduling disposition of the paper document according to the disposition policy for the paper document that was specified by the user during the reservation session for the paper document.