Robotic book scanning

Below is a brief extract from "Robotic Book Scanning at the Stanford
University Libraries and Academic Information Resources: Report on
the Status of Digitization Facilities and Services for Bound Library
Materials". The complete report is available at
<URL:http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/diroff/DLStatement.html>.
There is also an article about the system by John Markoff, entitled
"The Evelyn Wood of Digitized Book Scanners", in the New York Times
May 12, 2003
<URL:http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/12/technology/12TURN.html>

    The Stanford University Libraries & Academic Information
    Resources (SUL/AIR) recently acquired a robotic page-turning and
    scanning device for the mass digitization of bound print
    materials. Called the Digitizing Line (DL), this book scanning
    device is the centerpiece of SUL/AIR's broad array of on-campus
    digitization capabilities, and an integral part of the
    libraries' Digital Library Program (DLP). ...

    The DL, manufactured by 4DigitalBooks in St. Aubin, Switzerland
    (http://www.4digitalbooks.com) is a robotic book scanner, which
    produces high quality digital images of bound print materials at
    throughput rates as high as 1160 pages per hour. The
    page-turning device is designed to enable automated scanning of
    a wide range of book sizes, from paperbacks and pamphlets as
    small as 5 3/4 inches long by 4 3/8 inches wide, to oversize
    bound volumes as large as 24 inches long by 15 5/8 inches wide.
    It can process a wide variety of book structures, including both
    paperbacks and hard covers, with adhesive, sewn or stapled text
    blocks. It can also process books with a variety of paper types,
    including thin, medium or thick paper, newsprint, uncoated paper
    and coated paper. Equipped with digital cameras manufactured by
    I2S <URL:http://www.i2s-bookscanner.com/>, the DL produces high
    quality black and white, grayscale and color TIFF images at
    resolutions of up to 600 dpi.


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