DLSG
solves the staffing problem for creating digital collections and
providing other digitization service
BOCA
RATON, FL. October 17, 2005 -
With the latest release of the Opus digitization workflow system,
a library’s existing ILL staff can now perform production
digitization and create a master list of digital volumes from which
scholars and preservationists can select and create digital collections.
Staff time becomes available with increases in efficiency in processing
digital ILL requests. The
twofold benefit derives from a new low cost, high speed color
flatbed scanner that exceeds digital preservation requirements,
yet scans two pages in two seconds for ILL. Combined with BSCAN
ILL software, the WideTEK Super B can free up four hours in each
eight hour work day, and with little training, that time can be
spent digitizing up to four books per day.
“Until
now, the greatest synergy in our Digital Library Products was
the ability for black & white scanner equipped ILL departments
to perform color scanning on our KIC walk-up digitization systems.
But to be able to offer an entirely new high quality digitization
service without adding staffing or allocating space, and for a
low initial investment is by far the best combination for any
of our products.” Ted Webb, CEO of Image Access, Inc. and
Digital Library Systems Group.
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