Scanning labs

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Humanities Digital Information Service Scanning Lab

The Humanities Digital Information Service maintains a small scanning lab in Green Library consisting of a bitonal overhead book scanner (Minolta PS7000), a high-speed grayscale scanner with sheet feeder (Fujitsu ), and a color scanner with sheet feeder (Epson 860), along with some temporary storage space and network connectivity. All scanners are supported by basic scanning software, along with Adobe Capture for fine-tuned production of PDF files; in addition, there is some extra non-Adobe OCR capacity and basic image manipulation software. The lab is in a locked, staff-only room, so projects done there are either internal to, or by special arrangement with, SUL/AIR; the most general and basic requirement for projects admitted to the lab is that they produce files destined for the permanent SUL/AIR digital library collection. The HDIS scanning lab has been the site of several visible projects, including an innovative scan-on-demand interlibrary loan service (dd-ILL), the "Discovering Dickens" community reading program, and a number of archival and text conversion initiatives of the Libraries and the Stanford Humanities Laboratory.

Available for use by: Library Staff Only
Location: Green Library West
For more information, contact Glen Worthey or visit the HDIS site.