Re: Online Library report

[andi rivarola <0b5865f51@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

I use Scan Pro on my iPhone 7.
I love it.
The software uses your iPhone camera to "copy" any document, and it adjusts
the picture taken so it looks like a perfect document, even if the shot was
in an angle or if there are flaws in the way the picture looks.
Black and white documents are perfect.
The output is a PDF document that can be emailed, saved, or uploaded to the
cloud.
Fully recommend it too.

Andi Rivarola

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Jill Bonino <
7115fb371@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:

> Neil,
> When you use Genius Scan where do the images go-- to your email or the
> cloud?  Is it a place where the scans can be downloaded to a thumb drive?
> Jill Bonino
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 31, 2017, at 4:31 AM, Robert Pries <101p@rewrite.aisboard.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Scarlett: I am not proficient at using my smart phone so I can not
> answer that question. Perhaps someone who is good at using smart phones
> could tell us and try it out. Sounds like a great idea if it works.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Scarlett Ayres" <834ee84d1@rewrite.aisboard.org>
> > To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2017 7:53:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Online Library report
> >
> > I know that smart phones have a scannable AP.  You can scan to a  pdf.
> It
> > is not perfect.  It requires good lighting, steady  hand.  Can people be
> > trained how to use their smart phone  effectively?  Tripods point
> downward with
> > a light bulb?
> >
> > Scarlett
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 8/23/2017 11:06:34 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> > 101p@rewrite.aisboard.org writes:
> >
> > A few  days ago, we reached another benchmark of 2,000 articles, journals
> > and
> > catalogs in the Hager/Dubose online library. Before we pat ourselves on
> the
> > back I will note that the Daffodil Society has over 3,000 entries in
> their
> > online library. bDaffodilsb is a much smaller topic than Iris.  We
> > presently have 1,354 catalogs as part of that 2,000. I project that if
> we
> > were
> > to cover the topic of Iris well there will be over 6,000 catalogs  in the
> > online catalog library. Presently I have been able to add about  500-600
> > catalogs a year. This means if things remain the same it will be  ten
> years
> > before we have a comprehensive online library. I am not sure I  will be
> > here in
> > ten years. So I am looking for ways to improve this  process.
> >
> > A great boon to us has been the Biodiversity Heritage Library.  Each week
> > that
> > consortium of libraries puts up about 1,000 new journals,  catalogs,
> etc. Of
> > those I general discover about 10 catalogs that are  important for iris.
> The
> > USDA is a big contributor of catalogs, but they  tend not to have the
> > overseas
> > catalogs. That means the surge in Iris  growing that occurred in France,
> > Great
> > Britain, etc. between 1840 and 1920  is poorly documented. We are left
> with
> > a
> > very few Iris specialist who  generally also were general nurseries. The
> > USDA
> > seems to be uploading  catalogs of around 1926 and 1927 currently. These
> > contain a wealth of Iris  nurseries. So suddenly years like 1926 are
> > represented by 60-70 catalogs.  It seems it takes a month or two for the
> > USDA
> > to get through one year. As  nice as it is to get these, it may take ten
> > years
> > to get through the  twentieth century. B  B
> >
> > Finding catalogs is important to do  immediately. Each year many of our
> > members
> > die or go into nursing homes.  The Iris literature they have collected
> goes
> > into the dumpster. It is  critical that we have an organized effort to
> find
> > and
> > save this information  NOW.
> >
> > My dream for the library is that it becomes the primary research  area
> for
> > Iris. Presently it functions for some research. But no one knows  what
> is in
> > the physical library. The online version is searchable a number  of ways.
> > But
> > as I have pointed out is far from complete. I have prepared a  word
> document
> > snapshot to show what catalogs we have online. It is  downloadable  at
> > http://wiki.irises.org/Hist/InvetorySnapshotOfCatologsByNursery# I
> would
> > appreciate all the help I can get in adding catalogs to the online
> library.
> >
> > How could we go about improving this scenario. We have paid  for
> scanning of
> > catalogs in the past. At 80+ cents a page it would have  cost thousands
> for
> > just the scanning I have done personally. It is much  less expensive to
> draw
> > from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. But it will  be a long wait for
> more
> > recent or foreign catalogs. B  Scanning is  very time consuming and
> > tedious. I
> > sometimes feel good if I can finish one  of the 80 page catalogs in a
> day,
> > and
> > I am amazed that someone would do  that work for $70. I hate the thought
> of
> > paying for work if we can find  volunteers. But volunteers require the
> > tools. I
> > pay $20 a month for Adobe  Acrobat so I can create a searchable pdf.
> > Scanners
> > run around $500. So  essentially it costs $700 to set a volunteer up to
> scan
> > catalogs. If a  volunteer could scan 3 catalogs a week it might be a good
> > deal.
> > Perhaps  there are members who already have scanners but would commit to
> do
> > fifty  catalogs over a year if we paid for their Adobe  Acrobat.
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Bob Pries
> > Zone 7a
> > Roxboro,  NC
> > (336)597-8805
> >
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