[Web4lib] Need digitization equipment and software information

[Elizabeth Harman]

Right after college, I worked as an A/V tech for the local teaching 
hospital. One of the services we offered was digitizing slides and film 
negatives. There are scanners on the market that have attachments for 
these media to make scanning easier.

Here at the library I work for, we recently purchased a Canon CanoScan 
8400F that came with a film guide for film strips and slides. We haven't 
had a use for the film guide but everything else it scans well.

HTH

Liz Harman


Erin Kinney wrote:
> Wow, that is quite a collection of very different item types, which
> would, preferably, require very different scanning equipment.  I would
> recommend that you join the ImageLib (
> http://elearn.arizona.edu/imagelib/ ) and DigLib (
> http://www.ifla.org/II/lists/diglib.htm ) email lists.  There are
> people there who can assist you with your questions.
> 
> As to software, you can go from freeware like Irfanview or ImageMagick
> or Greenstone, to pricey like Adobe Photoshop or ArchivalWare or
> MetaStar.
> 
> Erin
> 
> 
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> 
>>>>"Chang, Sheau-Hwang" <schang at bridgew.edu> 02/06/06 11:21 AM >>>
> 
> Hello,
> 
> My library is planning to digitize slides, films, newspapers, some old
> books from our collections.  Can someone on the list give me suggestions
> on the equipment and software that we need to purchase?
> 
> Thanks for your help in advance!
> 
> Regards,
> Sheau-Hwang Chang
> Systems Librarian
> Clement C. Maxwell Library
> Bridgewater State College
> Bridgewater, MA 02325
> TEL:  508-531-1766
> FAX:  508-531-5766
> schang at bridgew.edu
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