scanner

[Phillip Whitford]

We have used an Epson Perfection V700 photo flatbed scanner, primarily
for negatives and photos. I'm sure it could scan newspapers but it would
not be optimum for such use. It is great with negatives, photos, and
documents and I believe they cost between $400 and $500.

 

For negatives we have also used a Hasselblad Flextight X5 film scanner.
This is a very high dollar ($18,000 in 2009) film scanner we used on a
digitization project. We no longer have a use for this scanner and are
trying to find a home for it. So if any organization out there wants a
great deal on a lightly used profession scanner please contact me off
list.

 

Phillip B. Whitford

Associate Director for Support Services

Braswell Memorial Library

Rocky Mount, NC 27804

Opinions expressed may not be those of my organization

 

From: Steffen Schilke [mailto:steffen.schilke at GMAIL.COM] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 9:59 AM
To: WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [WEB4LIB] scanner

 

Hallo,

 

we have a judicial case file archiving going on using Kodak i620 (now
700) scanners. For DIN A0 we use a big OCE scanner - for newspapers a
scanner from Zeutschel might be good (but expensive ;-).

 

Regards

 

sws 

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:23 PM, William Stein
<guillermost2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello, 

    Our library is in the market for a new scanner. We have done one
major archival project using an Epson Perfection 4490. You can view the
end product here: http://www.archives-wcpl.net/archive7_hall/. Scanning
81/2x11 and basic images is something the 4490 handles OK but things
like newspapers are a nightmare. Also the image quality on some of the
photos leaves something to be desired (although that could be operator
error). A flatbed scanner would be nice. The Hall Collection (linked
above) is our first preservation project and I have one or two more of
similar scope in the works, but overall I'd say our needs are modest.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thank You,

    Will Stein, Reference Librarian

    Washington County PL

    Abingdon, Va.

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