Experiences with digitizing material not suitable for a flatbed

From: Mark Jordan (mjordan@SFU.CA)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2000 - 18:02:25 CDT

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From: Mark Jordan <mailto:mjordan@SFU.CA>
Subject:      Experiences with digitizing material not suitable for a flatbed
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    <pre> Hi,

    We've been doing some research on the costs of equipment suitable for digitizing material such as books, oversized posters, drawings, etc. that we wouldn't want to (say pages from a rare and fragile book) or couldn't
    (because of size) scan with a flatbed, even one with a 12x17" platten. To get 24-bit color at a 300 dpi or higher, we'd have to spend quite a bit of money.

    Does anyone have any experience with alternative methods of digitizing largish-size material not suitable for scanning with flatbeds into 24-bit color, high resolution images? For example, could photograph the items, create high-quality prints or slides, and then scan the photo? Or is this kind of method just not practical?

    Thanks for sharing any experiences you may have had with this kind of material,

    Mark

    Mark Jordan Librarian / Analyst, Systems Division W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada Email mailto:mjordan@sfu.ca / Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023

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