The Digital Production Center uses specialized digitization equipment to safely and successfully digitize all types of rare, fragile, and valuable special collections materials.
Operating the Scribe scanner.
A partnership initiative with the Internet Archive, Open Content Alliance, and Renaissance Computing Institute. Provides high-speed, high-quality mass digitization techniques for bound materials. Can produce approximately 3,000 digitized pages of original text per day. Digitized materials are hosted on the Internet Archive Web site and are fully available for download in multiple formats. UNC Library titles are linked back to the UNC catalog. Supported projects include:
Wide-angle image of the BetterLight scanning setup. Roll over the image to see a high-resolution result.
Used primarily for digitizing large and oversized materials such as maps, posters, broadsides, and three-dimensional artifacts. The BetterLight Super 8K-HS achieves a high-resolution digital capture in a minimal amount of time. The 192 megapixel scanning camera back can produce a 549MB, 24-bit RGB file. Combined with NorthLight High-Intensity Discharge [HID] lighting, the scanning back reduces infrared and UV exposure of the source material, while keeping a cooler production environment. Many oversized, flat items are held in place during digitization with a 48"x60" Teaneck upright vacuum table. Supported projects include:
This equipment was purchased using grant funds of the "North Carolina Maps" project supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
The Zeutschel makes progress on the Thomas Watson papers.
High-speed/high-resolution overhead scanning system, designed specifically to allow for digital capture of books, manuscripts, and fragile documents with minimal handling and fast image capture times. Completes a 300 pixel per inch 24-bit RGB capture in approximately 5 seconds. Allows for multiple file format image delivery. Supported projects include:
The Fujitsu scanner in action.
High-volume production scanner provides fast (120 pages per minute, simplex ~ 240 images per minute, duplex), high-resolution image capture from unbound materials. Can digitize original material from business card size up to 11x17. Multiple output format options for both color and black & white images. Paired with an ABBY Fine-Reader Optical Character Recognition Server, allows for creation of searchable PDF documents. Supported projects include:
This equipment was purchased using grant funds of the "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina" project supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina.
Flatbed scanning.
Epson 10000XL flatbed scanners with transparency adapters allow for the digitization of flat reflective and transparency materials. 2400 pixel per inch optical resolution can produce 24- or 48-bit RGB files or Grayscale files. Used primarily for photographic print originals where high-resolution, high-quality image captures are required. Also used extensively for digitizing sheet film originals, such as 4x5, 5x7, and 8x10 sheet negatives as well as glass plate negatives. Supported projects include:
Materials ready for scanning.
Optical resolution of 4000 pixels per inch allows for extremely high-resolution digitization of "contemporary" film format originals such as 35mm cut-strip negatives, 35mm mounted color transparencies, and 120/220 and similar roll-film originals. Supported projects include:
The Kodak HR-500 can scan batches of slides as well as rolls of negatives.
High-speed, high-resolution film scanner that accepts multiple film formats from 35mm, 120/220, up to 4x5. Can process color and black & white images, both negatives and positives. Has both manual and automatic operation to allow for continuous digitization of uncut roll film and trays of up to 80 mounted 35mm slides.
