[ILL-L] Microfilm to PDF w/OCR

[Tom Bruno]

I'm also interested to hear if anyone's explored the copyright implications
of digitizing their microfilm resources for ILL purposes.  Thanks!
Best,
Tom Bruno
Head of Interlibrary Loan
Widener Library
Harvard University

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:34 AM, <augusjo at earlham.edu> wrote:

> Hi,
>    I am also curious about this. Kathleen, is your microfilm machine
> connected to only one computer, or no computer at all?
>
> ~Joe
> --
> Joe Augustin
> Interlibrary Loan & E-Serials
> Earlham College (IEC)
> (765) 983-1307
> ill at earlham.edu
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> > Greetings -
> >
> >
> >
> > I realize this is a bit of an odd question, but since many of us deal
> > with microfilm I thought I'd give it a whirl on the list. A faculty
> > member here is interested in having some of his student workers take
> > several microfilm reels (of a 1930s-era newspaper) and have them
> > converted to searchable PDFs. Our microfilm machine is not networked, so
> > our only option right now is to print off individual pages, scan those
> > on a flatbed scanner, and run them through OCR in Acrobat Professional.
> > This method seems cumbersome at best, particularly given the potential
> > quality control issues that may arise. Is anyone aware of a for-fee
> > service that would digitize a small number of reels (i.e. 2 or 3)? I
> > doubt that it would be within his price range, but I'm trying to provide
> > information for the student who is coordinating the project.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > K.
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