Re: RLG standards

Emil Levine (mailto:E.Levine@IAEA.ORG)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:09:05 +0100

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Date:         Fri, 6 Feb 1998 09:09:05 +0100
From: Emil Levine <mailto:E.Levine@IAEA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: RLG standards
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU

What are the RLG standards? I don't know if this is a factor of cost. We
have a $25,000 Fujitsu 3099 and still get skew which we clean up
painlessly during routine enhancement.

Suggest you look at Anne Kenney's book on QC.

Emil Levine Head, INIS Clearinghouse UN/IAEA/INIS PO Box 100 Vienna Austria A1400 43-1-2060-22880/29882 fax mailto:e.levine@iaea.org

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>From: Mark Allan[SMTP:mailto:mallan@LIB.NMSU.EDU]
>Sent: Thursday, 05 February 1998 20:55
>To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>Subject: RLG standards
>
>I recently talked to a person who is not a subscriber to this list, but has
>some background in imaging technologies. He stated that most of the
>equipment out there does not meet RLG standards with regard to digitizing
>microfilm, particularly due to film skew. Is this currently the case, and if
>there is equipment conforming to said standards, is anybody willing to float
>me their favorite products? Also, on the low end of the price range, does
>Screen Scan conform to these standards?
>
>
>Mark A. Allan
>Reference/Social Science/Outreach Librarian
>New Mexico State University
mailto:>mallan@lib.nmsu.edu >