scanning slides on a flatbed scanner is tedious although I have
done that. I think we need to be aware of what all parts of our
organization are doing. We have a slide committee and slides can be
sent from the library to that committee to be scanned. I believe
the librarian has her hands full just responding to printed
literature.
Yes I believe a good flatbed scanner should be the way to go and i
think how we handle slides is another issue. I am interested in
getting images from hybridizers that document their own work that
they have taken themselves. This seems important as archival
material both to be stored in high resolution in the library and in
low resolution on the wiki. I would favor having the hybridizer
select a number of their slides and have them professionally
scanned at our cost. Many of these will eventually be historic but
are not yet old enough for HIPS to address. I would like to see
these images up on the wiki while the hybridizers are still alive
so that they could add comments about each iris. But I think
expecting them on their own to have these digitalized is asking too
much. I would like to propose that these be handled in a grant from
the foundation. There are several stake holders in this. The
librarian needs to have a digital archived, The Slide committee and
the wiki needs to have access to the files for presentation and
HIPS needs to have these available in the future.
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From: "Terry Aitken" <terry@flowerfantasy.net>
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Cc: countri@molalla.net
Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 1:53:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Eastern
Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] Scanner for the AIS Library
Hi all
I may be letting the Cat out of the bag, but Tracy just retired
from her job
in the last few weeks.
They have copy equipment at the library.
I guess I don't know why someone else would do the scanning?
I don't know how old the library computer equipment is.
Tracy will love this one!
Terry
Hi Tracy!
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From: owner-aisdiscuss@aisboard.org [mailto:owner-
aisdiscuss@aisboard.org]
On Behalf Of Janet Smith
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:02 PM
To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Scanner for the AIS Library
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,
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:
Before we start thinking about money, we need to determine what kind
of
scanner (or scanners) we need.
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.
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.
John
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