e-Scan Book Scanner Case Studies

Case Study 1

Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies

Hertfordshire Archives have a collection of over 3,000,000 historical documents dating from 1060 to the present day. These include maps, local newspapers, wills and census returns as well as births, deaths and marriage certifcates.

Hertfordshire Archives receive requests from all over the world for copies of these documents. Previously a flatbed scanner was used, but now with the convenient and easy to use e-Scan Book Scanner, the information can be captured and e-mailed to the customer. With the major benefit that as the document to be scanned is "face up" handling is reduced and therefore the risk of potential damage is reduced to a minimum.

Lynne Burton, the Archives Library Assistant said, "compared with the flatbed scanner the ability to see a real time preview is a great help and the touch screen, along with the automatic settings of focus and exposure ensure that the job is completed quickly and efficiently. we also like the fact that the e-Scan is so enviromentally friendly with no consumables required and very low power consumption." 

Case Study 2

Manchester University

"We're using the e-Scan in our special collections reading room to handle user requests for a colour copy or a digital image of the item they are viewing. Previously, we had to allow a user to take digital photographs of the item, and most items were to fragile to be placed on a colour photocopier. Now we can place the item on the e-Scan using our own support cradle to produce high quality images ourselves in a controlled fashion. we can either output directly to a colour printer, or to the users USB memory stick. We particularly like the automated finger removal feature as we often have to hold the pages down flat with books. So far, we've used the e-Scan to digitise everything from medieval manuscripts to modern day printed literature. It offers a very fast, easy to use method to provide our users with a digital copy, and is proving very popular with staff."

Ben Green, the Digitisation Infrastructure Manager said, 'We found adem ltd very helpful and friendly to deal with throughout the procurement of our book scanner. They were very generous in loaning us an eScan book scanner so that we could try it out, and provided us with all the infomation we needed while we were deciding on a purchase. the standard of communication before and after the installation was excellent and well organised. The installation went well and the engineer did a really good job and made sure we were happy with everything. Post installation support has been excellent to, we would happily purchase from adem again.' 

Case Study 3

Bristol University

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Case Study 4

University Library Paderborn, Germany

“The University Library offers an innovative service to its students. It is the e-Scan ™ from i2s DigiBook which is a self-service scanner kiosk that creates digital copies to take on a USB key. Scanning is fast, easy and intuitive thanks to a touch screen. The real-time preview shows that the optimal format is automatically detected. The scanner scans through the top, which is an important advantage for the books: they should not be pressed on a glass surface such as on a copier. This allows to observe binding of books and preserve our collections. Six of these scanners are located in various libraries of the University and a seventh unit is at the entrance of the library accessible by wheelchair.” Dr. Deitmar HAUBFLEISCH, Director of the University Library Paderborn, Germany. 

Case Study 5

Dalhousie University, USA

“We have been using 4 i2S e-Scan scanners at Dalhousie University for over 6 months now. The students love them. They are easy to use and require no staff assistance. Service from the supplier, Image Retrieval (IIRI US) has been superb. Software updates have been timely and simple to install. All queries from staff have been dealt with expertly and expeditiously. The equipment and software are robust. I have no hesitation in recommending this system or the supplier to anyone seeking an economical public scanning station.” Wrote William R. Maes, University Librarian, Dalhousie University