Message-Id: <199610221244.HAA17240@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 08:39:30 -0400 From: Margaret Jerrido <mailto:mj@ASTRO.OCIS.TEMPLE.EDU> Subject: Re: rec on 1) angle scanner and 2) dig camera To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
On Mon, 21 Oct 1996, Stuart Glogoff wrote:> Hello,
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> 1) We have some old (ie, 100-150 years), rare volumes in Special
> collections that we'd like to begin digitizing. But the bindings are tight
> and we don't want to damage them. We can not open them and lay them flat on
> our flatbed scanners. Are there scanners that would allow us to work with
> such volumes? I was at EDUCOM last week and a sales rep from Kodak at the
> trade show told he didn't think such a beast existed. Someone from Xerox
> thought they do exist but it wasn't his area and he didn't know
> any specifics. [They ought to give you mouse pad or a t-shirt
> when they don't know. :>) ]
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The Urban Archives at Temple U. recently acquired the Minolta PS3000 scanner which is attached to a Minolta Di30 copier. The scanner piece allows us to place a fragile book face-up. If the book is tightly bound, we gently place a piece of plexiglass on top of the book to help keep pages flat - works wonders. We've been pleased with both pieces.
Margaret Jerrido, | telephone: (215)204-6639 Archivist & Director | email: mailto:mj@astro.ocis.temple.edu Urban Archives, Paley Library | fax: (215)204-3681 Temple University | Philadelphia, PA 19122 | "Help! I'm stuck in the Web."