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Digital Library Center
Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
P.O Box 117003
Gainesville, FL32611-7007 USA
P: 352.273.2900
F: 352.846.3702
DLC@uflib.ufl.edu
Book Scanners
The following lists equipment used by the Digital Library Center at the University of Florida Libraries. This list should not be taken as an endorsement of any manufacturer's product. Those using this list as a guide for their own purchases should be cautioned that equipment suited to the Center's specific needs, source documents, or fitness-for-purpose determinations may not be suited to another institution's needs, the source documents they intend to image, or meet other fitness-for-purpose requirements.
i2S CopiBook 24-bit color |
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| Specifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Camera: 35MP for each of three color channels | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platen: 15.5 x 23 inches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel Resolution: 300 ppi maximum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections: ethernet network connectivity (not used - scanning to external hard drives that travel with source documents to other processing stages, e.g., quality control, text conversion, mark-up, and archiving) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lighting: not used with ambient lighting, instead work area lit by Fluorescent Work Light (day light balanced; mounted individually) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Remarks: to mitigate ambient shadow, unit is mounted with a flat black faom-core hood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Price: between $32,000 - $38,000 (Consult vendors for current pricing) + $200 for work lights and foam-core hood. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deployment:seven (7) units deployed within the Digital Library Center's offices for bound book and newspaper scanning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Use:bound books, unbound newspapers, and periodically other oversized materials | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example Projects, Used for:UFDC Children's Literature (selected items); Florida Digital Newspaper Library (selected titles) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staffing: used by student assistants under the supervision of the Imaging Unit's Newspaper and Production Section heads. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Konica Minolta PS7000 with grayscale up-grade |
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| Specifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platen: 17 x 23 inches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pixel Resolution: 400 ppi at 17 x 23 inches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections:ethernet network connectivity (not used - scanning to external hard drives that travel with source documents to other processing stages, e.g., quality control, text conversion, mark-up, and archiving) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lighting: internal fluorescent lighting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Price: between $15,000 - $18,000 (Consult vendors for current pricing.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deployment:one (1) units deployed within the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections + another unit on Access Services Department inventory is maintained by the InterLibrary Loan Unit. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Use:bound books> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Example Projects, Used for: UFDC Open Stacks Project (selected items) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staffing: used by trained Special Collections staff for in-department projects feeding into UFDC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
