Introducing KABIS

Kirtas Automatic Book Imaging System
Quality results are the primary objective of any book digitization project.  Quality includes not only superior images, but also high accuracy OCR, comprehensive metadata, and complete book integrity.  And achieving this will allow you to use the book images to their fullest capability both now and for future undefined needs.  Do it once so they last forever!
KABIS IIIThe new KABIS III system continues the Kirtas tradition by providing the SmartCradle with new automatic book centering that increases post-processing productivity.  The 110 degree position is optimal for low stress, gentle book positioning including fragile and rare books.  Air flows and the Enhanced Page Separator combine to separate pages, and the newest SureTurn robotic arm with its vacuum head will gently lift and turn the page. Within the vacuum head is our Page Edge Sensor technology to detect multi-page or no-page lift conditions and automatically take programmable corrective action.  The result is full book content integrity and quality. 

The newest APT Manager software provides a simple user interface to let you start digitizing quickly.  And downloading MARC or Dublin Core bibliographic information to include with the book metadata, is simple and easy from OCLC or your own database.

3,000 Pages Per Hour

 
 

The Cambridge Library Collection - books of enduring scholarly value - The Kirtas Contribution

Benefiting from a unique collaboration between the worlds oldest publisher and the renowned Cambridge University Library, the Cambridge Library Collection makes accessible in new ways important historical works from the Librarys collections. The combination of state-of-the-art scanning technology and the Presss commitment to quality gives todays readers access to the content of books that until now would have been available only in libraries.
 

Freeing the printed word from the books that bind it.

Moving knowledge from books to bytes by digitizing the vast, worldwide repository amassed over centuries of human history-that's how the printed word is freed. It's an initiative that will change the way we learn, research, discover and think.

Kirtas Technologies is a pioneer in high-quality digitization. We’re known around the world for our patented automatic book scanners, innovative software, and sophisticated services that provide our customers with cost-effective, efficient solutions that stand the test of time.

The challenge of digitizing books is daunting, and you only want to do it once. Every page, every picture, word and letter must be as clear and legible as the day it was originally published. The resulting digitized file must be capable being delivered in a variety of medias--some of which have have yet to be invented.

Typically, mass digitization is time consuming, difficult and expensive. Improper or incomplete digitization can increase costs and delay access to countless documents and records. What sets Kirtas apart is our ability to provide cost-effective, efficient solutions that stand the test of time.

Kirtas is working to increase ROI (return on investment) through the development of complete turnkey solutions for book, over-sized book, map and newspaper digitization.