Utilizing i2s’ SupraScan Quartz A0 and its considerable digitization know-how, the Digital Initiatives Lab of McGill University’s McLennan Library have successfully reproduced a true-to-life facsimile of a 15th century antiphonal from the early Italian Renaissance, bringing the unique treasure nearly 600 years into the future to be marveled at and perused by eager, 21st century eyes. Ristech…
AS KIRTAS celebrates the 15 year anniversary of the first sale of its revolutionary APTBookScan 1200 digitization system, let’s flip through the pages and take a brief glance back at some of the earlier chapters of its memorable history. The novel concept of a high-volume, automated book scanner that would later become Kirtas’ unique flagship…
FADGI and Metamorfoze are two sets of preservation standards developed within the last decade that provide comprehensive numerical analysis of accuracy and quality of digitized image output from a wide array of imaging devices. FADGI (Federal Agencies Digitization Initiative) was first developed in the United States in 2007 as a collaboration between federal agencies to…
November 9, 2016 The University of Mary Washington’s Digital Archiving Lab in Fredericksburg, Virginia is currently using the Book2Net Cobra overhead scanner to help convert the Simpson Library’s rare and unique archival materials into digital formats. The Cobra utilizes two high-resolution area sensors in combination with high quality optics, safe handling and LED illumination to…
IMAGINE millions upon millions of rare, fragile books, locked away in some darkened room in the back of some sparsely patronized library, never seeing the light of day, or perhaps more pointedly, never being pulled out and opened by human hands; never perused by human eyes– forgotten, awaiting further decay and disappearing from existence. Over…
26 July 2016 The Clark Art Insitiute has chosen Ristech to provide it with the means to digitize their extensive collection of historically significant media. Using the book2net Spirit scanner, they can archive and make publically available materials that are too delicate to be handled by anyone but historians. This will allow a more in…
June 6, 2016 In 2016 the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institute of Health and located in Bethesda, MD has begun digitizing most of its historical materials on a “Cobra” V-Cradle scanner purchased from the Ristech Company.The devices are manufactured by Microbox in Germany, and allows for books to be scanned with…
April 7, 2016 With four libraries, more than two million visitors and a combined total of more than two million books, McMaster University in Ontario, Canada is a top ranked research establishment in Canada and it is considered one of the leading research institutions in the world. The Library’s William Ready Division of Archives and…
March 15, 2016 So you’ve probably heard the term PDF/A tossed around when discussing digitization output. In fact, you may have seen it mentioned right here on our website. But what is PDF/A? Should you use it in your projects or recommend it to your customers? Well, here is a crash course in PDF/A. Think…
