Thanks - forwarding to gutvol-d. gbn
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 11:10:25AM -0500, schub(a)isd.net wrote:
> Hi, Greg,
> Not sure if you're the one to contact about this, but I saw the recent
> thread about digitizing books on microfilm. For what it's worth, the
> University of Minnesota library, near where I live, has a reader set up
> such that you can get it to E-mail you digital photos of the microfilm.
> I'd be willing to try this on one of the books in question if you like, but
> I'm not sure the quality and file format would be suitable. I have some
> samples on my computer at home that I could send you (big files, though) if
> you want to get a feel for what I can get.
> Caveats: Unfortunately, the way they have it set up, you can only get
> photos by E-mail (the machine doesn't have a CD burner on it), and the only
> file format they'll give you is an odd multi-page TIFF with pretty low
> resolution, as I recall (I used it some months back, and I may be
> misremembering). The samples I have to send are from a very old book with
> really crummy type. Also, it's essentially a manual reader, so it's very
> labor-intensive to scan books this way. But it might be better than
> nothing. Let me know what you think,
