Comments on: Book scanners http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/ Drawing diabetic comics-reading pen-fetishizing cycling leftist geek librarian. God, how bourgeois. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: .ike http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/comment-page-1/#comment-3326 .ike Sun, 09 Sep 2007 19:58:29 +0000 http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/#comment-3326 Wow! Great material here. I'm not scanning rare books like you are, but I am scanning my personal library- with many fragile books I wish to preserve- and have started documenting what I've done this far online. Ad-hock, I had researched automated book scanning systems somewhat extensively, and found 1 particularly telling video of the APT systems in action: http://books.dotike.net/index.php/sec1/2007/08/scanning-books-quell-technolust/#page_turning In a nutshell, in the only independent video I found of of the machine in action, the human operator needed to use their hand to help the machine separate sticking pages... With that, I truly haven't seen anything which seems to safely handle a WIDE RANGE of materials in an automated fashion, (but I do however want to personally see some of these machines in action!!!) I would assume the automated systems are great for things like a Law or Science Library, where groups of hundreds of books are physically the same- and the value of each book is far less than their content being digitized... Good luck, and I'd love to read more about your scanning procedures! Best, .ike Wow! Great material here.

I’m not scanning rare books like you are, but I am scanning my personal library- with many fragile books I wish to preserve- and have started documenting what I’ve done this far online.

Ad-hock, I had researched automated book scanning systems somewhat extensively, and found 1 particularly telling video of the APT systems in action:

http://books.dotike.net/index.php/sec1/2007/08/scanning-books-quell-technolust/#page_turning

In a nutshell, in the only independent video I found of of the machine in action, the human operator needed to use their hand to help the machine separate sticking pages…

With that, I truly haven’t seen anything which seems to safely handle a WIDE RANGE of materials in an automated fashion, (but I do however want to personally see some of these machines in action!!!)

I would assume the automated systems are great for things like a Law or Science Library, where groups of hundreds of books are physically the same- and the value of each book is far less than their content being digitized…

Good luck, and I’d love to read more about your scanning procedures!

Best,
.ike

]]> By: Alain http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/comment-page-1/#comment-2691 Alain Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:16:00 +0000 http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/#comment-2691 Whoops, forgot the link: http://www.iiri.com/i2s/copibook.htm I believe they are less than $40,000 for the top of the line color model. University of Florida is using five of the machines, and achieving 1200 pages per hour: http://www.i2s-bookscanner.com/pdf/digimag-no13-en.pdf They were so impressed with their initial single model, they ordered four more units. Whoops, forgot the link:

http://www.iiri.com/i2s/copibook.htm

I believe they are less than $40,000 for the top of the line color model. University of Florida is using five of the machines, and achieving 1200 pages per hour:

http://www.i2s-bookscanner.com/pdf/digimag-no13-en.pdf

They were so impressed with their initial single model, they ordered four more units.

]]> By: Alain http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/comment-page-1/#comment-2690 Alain Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:13:06 +0000 http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/#comment-2690 The i2S CopiBook is another example of a "manual" machine, with overhead imager. It can do larger books than the Kirtas machine, which only seems to get about 1100 pages per hour out of it's APT 2400, and is limited to books of 11"*13". The CopiBook can do 17*24 total scan area. The CopiBook allows a library patron to scan sections of books themselves, very simple and easy to use. Kirtas machine operators need a 2 day training course. The i2S CopiBook is another example of a “manual” machine, with overhead imager. It can do larger books than the Kirtas machine, which only seems to get about 1100 pages per hour out of it’s APT 2400, and is limited to books of 11″*13″. The CopiBook can do 17*24 total scan area.

The CopiBook allows a library patron to scan sections of books themselves, very simple and easy to use. Kirtas machine operators need a 2 day training course.

]]> By: jbm http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 jbm Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:53:30 +0000 http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/#comment-2483 Thanks, Aaron, I'll check them out. How much do they run, roughly? Thanks, Aaron, I’ll check them out. How much do they run, roughly?

]]> By: Aaron http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/comment-page-1/#comment-2471 Aaron Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:56:34 +0000 http://john.mignault.net/blog/2007/06/05/book-scanners/#comment-2471 At the University of Pittsburgh, we use Digibook scanners from the French company i2s. The design is a little different than the Kirtas and the Scribe in that a single camera is mounted to a movable arm that sweeps across the scanning area. We've been very happy with the performance of these scanners, and we use them extensively with bound, fragile, and over-sized material. There's a short clip of the scanners in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_GBcX0bTjc At the University of Pittsburgh, we use Digibook scanners from the French company i2s. The design is a little different than the Kirtas and the Scribe in that a single camera is mounted to a movable arm that sweeps across the scanning area. We’ve been very happy with the performance of these scanners, and we use them extensively with bound, fragile, and over-sized material. There’s a short clip of the scanners in action here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_GBcX0bTjc

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