On 5/14/22 09:24, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
CDL (and earlier OMARC) have offered to purchase or build a v book scanner so we don't have to de-bind a publication to conserve it. The current front-runner should we pull the trigger on this is the Image Access Bookeye 5
The two issues as I see them:
* The lack of organic resources to support such a program.
If you mean people to do the work, yes, that's the tough part. LSSM has two high-speed duplex production scanners, all of the software set up with a PDF/A workflow, and several pallets containing thousands of pounds of documentation. But no one to run the scanners. It's extremely frustrating. Don't waste money on hardware (like we did) until you have *guaranteed* people to actually do something with it.
* The desire of InfoAge to put any electronic version produced by a program they control behind a paywall.
Yeah that's BS. They seem to be missing the point. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA