Hi Sue: The Internet Archive has a number of scanners that they loan out to institutions, complete with support and software and the like. When I met with them, they also suggested partnering with other institutions or contacting those with one of their scanners already installed.
After scouring Google some more, I finally found the product I was remembering: http://booksnap.atiz.com/ It's a $2000 book cradle (though you'd also have to get two cameras along with it). It comes with the software to output the images to PDF and also has OCR software built in. A far less expensive solution than the $30,000 on up scanners I've seen. Granted, this one doesn't have automatic page turning capability, but since many of our books are incredibly old and fragile, we wouldn't want the automatic turning anyway. Best, Perian Sully Collection Information and New Media Coordinator Judah L. Magnes Museum -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sue Grinols Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 2:11 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Book scanners? Hi Perian, I think Brewster Kahle was using some sort of a system he developed for the Internet Archive that ended up being inexpensive to use - probably because of volume.. . I'd be curious to know of any other scanners or systems people have had luck with. Thanks, Sue -- Susan Grinols Director Photo Services and Imaging Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Ph. 415.750.3602 Fx. 415.750.2679 On 3/19/08 2:00 PM, "Perian Sully" <psully at magnes.org> wrote: > Hi all: > > > > We're trying to determine what other digitization equipment we should > look into getting and one of the things I'm requesting is some sort of > book scanner. I remember there being a news article about a very > inexpensive automatic book digitizer, but I can't find it now. Does > anyone remember what the brand was for that scanner or have a link to > the article? > > > > Also, if anyone has any information about non-automatic and other types > of book scanners, I'd love to hear about your experiences! > > > > Much thanks, > > > > Perian Sully > > Collection Information and New Media Coordinator > > Judah L. Magnes Museum > > 2911 Russell St. > > Berkeley, CA 94705 > > Work: 510-549-6950 x 357 > > Fax: 510-849-3673 > > http://www.magnes.org > > http://www.musematic.org > > http://www.mediaandtechnology.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l
