Re: Scanning contractors

From: Jean Krchnak (djk@UH.EDU)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2000 - 13:14:47 CDT

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Date:         Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:14:47 -0600
From: Jean Krchnak <mailto:djk@UH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Scanning contractors
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    <pre> Anne McFarland,

    This has been discussed at various times on the VRA-L and should be available on their archive (http://listserve.uark.edu/archives/ vra-l.html).

    On this listserve (the VRA-L) there have been numerous positions posted for this type of personnel and advertised as one or two year contracts.

    Also advocated is outsourcing the scanning to a professional photo imaging firm; especially to have materials scanned on PhotoCD. We did this on a small, trial project that was funded by a grant for one year. There was a great deal of consistency in the scanning but we were at their mercy timewise since ours was a long-terms "slow" project. Overall we were pleased with the end product.

    Let me know how it goes.

    D. Jean Krchnak, Curator Architecture Visual Collections UH College of Architecture Houston, TX 77204-4431 713.743.2360 mailto:djk@uh.edu

    "McFarland, Anne" wrote:
    >
    > to scan our collection we are considering contract personnel.
    >
    > Has anyone taken this approach?
    >
    > What companies are available?
    >
    > What were the pros and cons?
    >
    > If you do everything in-house how do you keep up with new scanning
    > technology?
    >
    > How do you keep good scanning personnel?
    >
    > Thank you so much for your help. I did not find anything in the archives
    > about this but if it has already been discussed please let me know and I
    > will take another look.
    >
    > Thank you!
    > Anne
    >
    > Anne L. McFarland
    > Director of Technical Services
    > National Baseball Hall of Fame Library
    > 25 Main Street
    > Cooperstown, NY 13326
    >
    > (v) 607.547.0350
    > (f) 607.547.4094

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