- Tipasa
- Article Exchange
- ILLiad/Odyssey
- FTP
- Clio
Complete Interlibrary Loan Scanning
and Image Treatment Workflow System
Complete Interlibrary Loan Scanning and Image Treatment Workflow System
... better image quality, fewer errors, and easier operation
In the early days of digital interlibrary loan and digital document delivery, the available software was simple and image quality expectations of requestors were low. Times have changed. The demand for faster workflow delivery and perfect, printer-ready images has made the current software environment complex, creating significant challenges in training new employees. BSCAN ILL simplifies existing processes and produces perfect, printer-ready images.
BSCAN ILL starts by eliminating the need to manually enter requestor information. BSCAN ILL
automatically reads the information that is required by interlibrary loan
document delivery software from scanned pull slips, not only saving time but also eliminating
human
error.
Articles are scanned using one of a family of high speed face-up scanners: Click Mini, Click, and Bookeye V3, V2 & V1. By eliminating the constant book flipping required by flatbed scanners, these face-up scanners are three to five times faster than the fastest face-down scanners, and they do not cause book spine damage. For low volume ILL operations, BSCAN ILL also runs BookEdge flatbed scanners, employing their book edge feature and a faster mode that scans two pages at a time.
Once articles are scanned, BSCAN ILL's powerful image treatment capabilities automatically eliminate skew and remove unwanted black borders, fan and gutter.
Finally, BSCAN ILL automatically sends requests through Tipasa, ILLiad/Odyssey, Ariel, RAPID, Clio, Article Exchange, FTP, and e-mail and can notify ILLiad/Odyssey in each case, all without any need for further human intervention. Resending articles is also a snap.
If you could...
...add Digital Document Delivery services for as little as $2,000 per year, would you?
...cut your ILL scanning time in half for less than $2,000 per year, and in half again for $500 more, would you?
...simplify your digitization process, reduce worker training time, produce clean, straight print-ready images every time for $2,000 per year, would you?
What if you could do all this plus eliminate keying the requestor info, automatically deliver articles, resend requests days later if a delivery failure occurs, and operate seamlessly with all other ILL software and systems (e.g. Tipasa, Article Exchange, ILLiad/Odyssey, Clio, Ariel, FTP & email)?
...would you?
BSCAN ILL
Dramatically Improves ILL Digitization
A fundamental tenet that has always bound the academic research community together is open sharing of newfound knowledge. Today, this open sharing is going on at a feverish pace and digital interlibrary loan services are an essential vehicle. Scholars from all fields are becoming increasingly dependent on their ability to acquire journal articles in just one day.
In the early 1990s, the pioneers of interlibrary loan digitization had no choice but to adapt commercial scanning equipment to meet their needs. Ariel was the only available document delivery software and there were no scanners made specifically for scanning books, journals and maps. Over time, that changed. Planetary scanners became available in the late 1990s. The first release of BSCAN ILL automatically read (using OCR) the requestor information from pull slips without manual keying, supported rapid scanning and image cleanup, and automatically posted to Ariel with the press of a single button. Since then, ILLiad, Odyssey, Ariel, RAPID, Clio and Article Exchange have been integrated into BSCAN ILL with the same hands-off automation. BSCAN ILL has a host of valuable features, many of which are not available with any other system.
In addition to allowing review of electronic articles and resource sharing to reduce per article scanning costs (e.g. for archival, electronic course materials creation, scanning projects), only BSCAN ILL offers you:
- One easy user interface, integrated seamlessly with Tipasa, Article Exchange, ILLiad/Odyssey, RAPID, Ariel, Clio, FTP & Email - reduces training time significantly
- Optimized for the latest technology in face-up scanners, including all Bookeye models, Click, Click Mini, and face-down scanners such as BookEdge and WideTEK 25
- Automatically reading of requestor information from pull slips
- Automatically sending without intervention by the scan operator
- Central management with central, portable and remote scanning
- Automatic hold of all scanned articles for up to 30 days for fast correcting and easy resending
- Automatic updating of ILLiad/Odyssey, even if the request was delivered by another means such as Tipasa, Ariel, Clio, FTP or email
- Automatic image cleanup and output of 'printer-ready' images
Faster is also Easier
Face-up book scanning is far easier on both patrons and books and quite a bit faster than face-down scanning.
Scanning books face-up makes it much easier to keep track of what pages you've scanned. With KIC Click, Click Mini and other face-up scanners, books stay face up, so you can see what you're scanning as you scan it. This extra visibility eliminates the age old problem of skipping pages and scanning pages out of order which can occur with face-down scanners.
The following photo sequences show the reason that face-down scanning system are typically 1/3 the speed of face-up systems. The book flipping necessary to scan a book on a face-down scanner like the KIC BookEdge is shown in the photo sequence below. It's a workout both for the book and the patron.
The ergonomic design of the face-up scanning systems involves only the basic movement required to set a book down and turn a page.
Face-Down Capture [a seven-step procedure]
Face-Up Capture [a two-step procedure ]
The sequence above shows just how much work is required to use a face-down scanner to scan multiple pages.
In contrast, the sequence on the left shows the relative speed and ease of face-up scanning systems that do not require the user to flip over the book being scanned. Once placing the book, the user simply turns pages and presses the scan button (or foot pedal) to scan two pages at a time.
Seven Complete Configurations to Choose From
BSCAN ILL can be purchased separately or as a complete system
with the following exceptional book digitization equipment
| Model |
Bookeye V1
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Bookeye V2
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WideTEK 25-600
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Bookeye V3
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Click
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Click Mini
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BookEdge
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| Max Scan Area |
33.5 x 25"
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24.4 x 18"
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25 x 18.5"
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18.9 x 15.3"
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22 x 16"
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19.2 x 12.3"
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17 x 11.8"
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| Bound Volume Scanning Speed in Pages Per Minute |
22 PPM
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24 PPM
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10 PPM
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30 PPM
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20 PPM
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40 PPM
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7 PPM
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Resource Sharing: Archive |
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Project & Course Material Creation |
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| Price |
$
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| Scalable |
Three Things You Should Know About ILL Digitization Equipment
1 SPEED
All of the systems that DLSG bundles with BSCAN ILL are quite fast, but our face up scanners are the fastest. By eliminating the need to flip the volume repeatedly, our face-up scanners are up to 5 times faster than the fastest face-down scanners.
2
ONGOING
SUPPORT & SERVICES
Digitization for ILL and digital document de- livery are production processes. It is impor- tant that they be backed by a reliable vendor team, and Image Access has an unmatched service and support record.
3 CAPTURING CONTENT DEEP INTO THE BOOK FOLD
Never Fail an Article Request Again
Bookeye Method
Bookeyes follow the natural curve of the book when they scan. Good lighting is essential for good scanning, and Bookeye scanners employ two white LED light bars that sweep across the material.
Click Method
Click captures the left and right pages with two separate cameras positioned at ideal angles. An array of 420 individually aimed white LED lights produce bright, evenly distrib- uted illumination from above and behind the scan bed, thus avoiding reflection.
BookEdge Method
The BookEdge is a flatbed scanner with a specialized feature that easily captures close into the bookfold without damaging the spine.
BSCAN ILL Capture Workflow
Improves Quality & Performance, Reduces Errors and Simplifies
Identify Article & Requestor
BSCAN ILL automatically captures data directly from pull slips - less keying means fewer keying errors.
BSCAN ILL reads the requestor's name, the delivery method, and IP address from the pull slip and uses this information to automatically route the electronic document to the appropriate document delivery software. After the article is sent, BSCAN ILL updates your document delivery software automatically. No extra keystrokes are necessary.
Scan Article
Scan two pages at a time, using the keyboard to delete unwanted pages. An optional foot pedal is available for even faster scanning. Once scanned, the article is passed to the automatic image treatment stage.
Automatic Image Treatment
BSCAN ILL automatically locates the content on each page, clips the content, creates a preset margin for consistency, and deskews and corrects curvature when necessary. When completed, the treated article images are passed on to the manual review stage.
Manual Review & Correction
This stage can be run after each article is scanned, or for greater efficiency, several articles can be scanned in sequence, automatically treated, queued up in this stage and reviewed at one time.
Send & Route
Each article is automatically sent via the delivery method specified. If an ILL department is using ILLiad and Odyssey to track completion and perform billing-related operations, BSCAN ILL can be config- ured to notify Odyssey that the article was sent even if it wasn't sent by Odyssey.
Resend
BSCAN ILL is capable of storing articles for a configurable number of days after they're sent. If an article must be resent, it can be opened and sent right away or be edited first, for example by adding or deleting pages.
Great Image Quality and Great Efficiency
Deliver 'Print-ready' Images to Journal Article Requestors Faster than Ever
▲ Face up scanners minimize book jockeying. Fast face-up scanners like those offered by DLSG with BSCAN ILL are 3-5 times faster than the fastest face-down scanners and photocopiers. And unlike face-down scanners and copiers, DLSG scanners are designed to capture deep into the book fold, flatten book curve, split images into two pages and remove fan and gutter.
◄ BookEdge is uniquely designed for scanning books and is the fastest face-down scanner in its price range. When used in book mode (one page at a time), this scanner flattens the page and captures deep into the fold of tightly bound journals. With BSCAN ILL, the BookEdge can also be used to scan 2 pages at a time, which is substantially faster than book mode. BSCAN ILL splits & flattens the pages, and eliminates fan, gutter & skew.
◄ Older technologies like photocopiers and face-down scanners are concomitant with limitations that typically include:
- Difficulty Capturing Content in the Book Fold
- Significant Stress to Book Spines
- Limit to 11x17 inch Scan Area
- Black & White Paper Copies instead of Full-Color, Digital Copies
- Unsightly Skew, Fan, Gutter, & Black Borders
- Significantly Higher Cost of Operation
Resource Sharing
Share with Archivist & Digital Course Materials Creation
The exceptional image quality produced by Bookeye and WideTEK scanners affords opportunities for resource sharing with Archivists as well as use for projects and creating digital course materials. Reduce your cost per article scanned by sharing equipment costs and helping other departments to switch to digital format and get color content without the additional cost of color copiers or color microfilming.
Use some digitization projects funding to purchase the Bookeye 4 V1, V2 or V3 and dramatically reduce ILL's share of the cost of state-of-the-art scanning equipment. A complementary schedule is usually easy to agree upon. Note that while the Bookeye V2's standard image quality (high quality 400dpi) meets and exceeds digitization standards, a 600dpi option can be purchased later, if desired.
Go Digital & Get Color For Free
The Amazing Image Quality of the Bookeye V2 600dpi Option
With its 600dpi option, Bookeye V2 produces the highest quality A2 size
(17x25'') images
of any face-up scanner today
To capture moving objects, digital cameras must use array CCDs, which capture all parts of the object at the same instant. Affordable digital cameras have 50 megapixels or less. And those pixels must be further divided into red, green and blue sub-pixels, which can reduce the clarity of color images by 40%.
Since books don't move while being scanned, Bookeyes employ linear CCD technology to produce ultra-clear images with astounding 140 megapixels. Each pixel in a linear CCD includes full red, green and blue sub-pixels.
Scanners use linear CCDs. The sweep- ing action of scanners allow them to capture the precise amount of red, blue and green for each pixel.
Bookeye scanners utilize a unique state-of-the-art rotating mirror system that dramatically reduces clarity loss at the corners of the image due to the limitations of lens systems. Bookeyes can also scan in V-mode or flat-mode, and they scan from left to right, allowing them to follow the curves of the book.
Resize ILL Operations with No Penalty
DLSG's exclusive trade-up, interchange and re-purpose programs are among
the best reasons to choose DLSG for your institution's digitization needs
Comments from Users
"We depend on BSCAN ILL to speed up our processing, and we consider it a necessity for ILL operation."
-- Arizona State University
"Our ILL Department is practically based on our BSCAN ILL with Bookeye scanner. We love this product!"
-- University of Memphis
"We love BSCAN ILL and how it automatically sends out articles to users."
-- University of Denver
"I'm very impressed with BSCAN ILL. We have increased our productivity, and what took four hours in the past now takes just 1 hour, and we're very happy about that!"
-- Midwest State University
Premium Maintenance Plan
Image Access has an unmatched service and support record. It is impossible to affordably provide service personnel living in every city and town across America that are highly trained on the very special technologies needed by libraries. Instead, DLSG designs remote serviceability into its products and has perfected remote diagnosis and when possible, repair.