[WEB4LIB] Scanning Fiche

[reitene at okstate.edu]

Cindy Chick <cchick at netcom.com>@webjunction.org on 02/28/2000 08:09:12
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Has anyone used Brodart's "Image Mouse Digital Microfiche Retrieval
System"?  According to the write-up, this handy-dandy item "views, scans,
digitizes and enhances microfiche."  The cost is $1,215, much cheaper
than a new microfiche-reader-printer.  But does anyone know if it
actually works?

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Cindy Chick                   cchick at netcom.com
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National Library Technology Coordinator
Latham & Watkins
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I took about 15 minutes at Midwinter and got the demo and actually got to
play with their new handheld scanner myself.  I was really impressed.  It
does take some practice to get the hand movements down, since you do need
to be slower and smoother than most of us are with our mice, but once you
get used to that (and the lag time between your movement and the screen
refresh), I think it would be really handy.  I didn't win the drawing, but
I tried!

As I recall, the software requirements were fairly simple, as well.  Pretty
much the same type of system you'd have for a regular scanner.

Beth Reiten, Librarian
Digital Library Services
Edmon Low Library
Oklahoma State University
Phone:    405-744-9109
email:    reitene at okstate.edu