Message-Id: <199611120031.SAA02344@library.wustl.edu> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 19:26:07 -0500 From: "David M. Seaman" <mailto:dms8f@ETEXT.LIB.VIRGINIA.EDU> Subject: Re: Scanning rare books, digital capture To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>> Joel -
>> I am always looking for someone who might be doing something similar to
>> myself in this rapidly evolving field. I consult to organizations who want
>> to convert their film libraries to digital libraries. I am primarily
>> intereested in the storage and retrieval, although I come from the imaging
>> and design background. Are you in the document imaging field or camera
>> film/digital? Like to hear what you do and if we have any overlap
>> Trudy
>>
>> >Yes. For similar situations to this I have advised people to use a
>> >digital camera and preferably a dedicated copy stand. Using a linear
>> >array camera will yield the highest resolution (some will yield up to a
>> >7000 X 7000 pixel image which equals or exceeds film resolution). The
>> >dedicated stands make life much easier and if you get a model with
>> >trans-illumination you now also have a film scanner. This is often a good
>> >way to justify the costs. You have a camera for 3-D objects as well as a
>> >scanner for books, flat art, transparencies, negatives, etc. Bear in mind
I'd second this -- we've been using a 2000 x 3000 pixel digital camera for a while now and are about to start using a pair of 5000 x 7000 pixel cameras to capture 125,000 rare books pages (24-bit colour tiff files archived offline, with jpeg derivatives for daily use). See the following address for more information:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/eaf
Best,
David Seaman, Coordinator 804-924-3230 (phone) Electronic Text Center 804-924-1431 (fax) Alderman Library email: mailto:etext@virginia.edu University of Virginia http://www.lib.virginia.edu/etext/ETC.html Charlottesville, Virginia 22903