[OpenGLAM] mobile scanner

[Primavera De Filippi]

Hi all,
just an idea, to add to the whole bunch of ideas that we are packing up
into this bus  :)
We could stop by various hackerspaces (or other potentially interested
places) along the way and help them build a DIY book scanner.
It could be as simple as this:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Bargain-Price-Book-Scanner-From-A-Cardboard-Box/or
as complex as that:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-High-Speed-Book-Scanner-from-Trash-and-Cheap-C/
I'm not sure how doable that is, as I never made any book scanner myself,
but maybe worth involving people who already had experience with that
(anyone?). Either way, I think it could be a nice way to bring awareness
about the fact that "it all starts from the idea that you can do it
yourself, and everything else will follow"..  :)



On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Dominic McDevitt-Parks
<mcdevitd at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 15 February 2013 13:36, Tom Morris <tfmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Dominic McDevitt-Parks <
>> mcdevitd at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the mention, Sarah. The US National Archives does have a plan
>>> in the works for a mobile scanning program, too, based on the "Scannebago"
>>> concept first proposed at a DPLA conference (
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scannebago).
>>>
>>
>> The National Genealogical Society had an RV touring around the U.S.
>> scanning family bibles and other papers of historical significance in
>> 2002-2003, so this isn't a concept that the DPLA "first proposed" by a long
>> shot.
>>
>
> I didn't think it was a contest. My "first proposed" was just a specific
> reference to the Scannebago idea that I linked, not an attempt to assign
> credit for anything.
>
> As far as the NARA regional centers go, there really aren't that many of
>> them (~20) and they're all controlled by a single organization, so they
>> don't really seem like the best fit for an ad hoc mobile scanning program.
>>  Why not give them a scanner apiece and have them become regional scanning
>> centers?
>>
>
> Sure, those are not mutually exclusive possibilities. There's no single
> formula that a mobile scanning unit needs to "fit" to. Maybe you distribute
> scanners by taking them to the facilities in a tricked out van designed to
> garner public attention taking advantage of social media, and help generate
> a volunteer community for the scanning. If the people in the van are also
> people experienced in hosting community scanning events, then you can also
> distribute the expertise along with the equipment by having them train
> staff or host the on-site events.
>
> Dominic
>
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