[OpenGLAM] mobile scanner

[Nikolaos Maniatis]

Hi all!

I am not sure if someone mentioned it before but there is also the design
of Google's book scanner that may be of any help.
http://code.google.com/p/linear-book-scanner/


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Primavera De Filippi <
primavera.defilippi at okfn.org> wrote:

> 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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