Re: Scanner for the AIS Library

["Janet Smith" <ypauls@sti.net>]

My two cents worth --- 
if someone else do the scanning --- do they get the scanner?
Do they have to visit Tracy?
Who has been doing it so far?

Janet

---- Original Message ----
From: MORRISJE1@aol.com
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Scanner for the AIS Library
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:56:51 EST

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>All,
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>I agree that we need to determine the type of scanner needed for the 
>
>function being performed.  I would very much like to hear from the
>AIS  Librarian 
>as to what she thinks before we start considering $500, $600 or $700 
>
>scanners.  For the type of material we have been needing for 50th 
>anniversary 
>section publications and history searches, the previous HP Scanjet 
>3970 or 
>equivalent scanner is adequate.  Jim Reilly is right that 
>Printer/scanners 
>don't get the job done as their quality is lacking and they  tend to
>break 
>down with even moderate usage.  Let us hear from Tracy.   Please.  
> 
>And if you are talking long range type scanning of historical
>documents  
>into electronic form I have to ask who is going to do it?  I do not
>believe  
>that type of activity was what Tracy volunteered to perform.  I
>understand  
>that she has a real job and only visits the library one day a week. 
>Do we  
>even know if she has a computer in the Library?
> 
>Jim M.
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>In a message dated 2/27/2010 5:53:59 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
>jijones@usjoneses.com writes:
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>Before  we start thinking about money, we need to determine what kind
>of 
>scanner (or  scanners) we need.  
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>Flatbed \scanners are fine for a few documents but if any kind of
>volume  
>is expected then you need a scanner specifically designed to provide
>sheet  
>feeding capability and one that provides high quality scanning and
>document  
>positioning. Flatbed scanners are good but often need several scans
>before 
>you  get the alignment correct. The scanning technologies are pretty
>much the 
>same.  Either the scan bar moves past the document (Flatbed) or the 
>document moves  past the scan bar (sheet feeder) The scanner that we
>get should be 
>able to  manage multiple page documents so that moving forward we can
>start 
>to get more  of more of our historical documents into electronic
>form.
>
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>Software to put multiple pages into the same target (pdf) document
>and to  
>do character recognition is another consideration
>
>
>My wife has a Fujitsu sheet feeder scanner at her work that works
>really  
>well scans both sides of the document at the same time and cost about
> $450.
>
>
>I think that $400 - $600 is probably the right price range for a
>scanner  
>that meets out requirements.
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>
>John
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