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The Current Situation
In the United States alone, there are more than 117,000 libraries in the United States. In addition to the almost 10,000 public libraries, there are also thousands of libraries in schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, law firms, businesses, the armed forces and more. In Europe the number may be even greater. And nearly all face the same challenges:
- Operating costs are rising
- Governmental funding has decreased severely
- Facilities are straining to balance the demands of an ever-increasing workload with a fixed and sometimes shrinking personnel base.
- And despite low salaries, staff costs are typically about 50% of most budgets.
- Books have even been known to be destroyed due to lack of storage space
The Kirtas Value Proposition
The delivery of new and innovative services through digitization projects is transforming the old brick-and-mortar library model to a new virtual model.
The new digital approach enables libraries to offer more value, ranging from remote access to online catalogs, indexing and abstracting tools, and full-text resources deliverable right to the user's desktop.
Kirtas' high speed digitization technology offers compelling access, preservation and cost-cutting advantages to libraries.
Is a Kirtas solution right for you?
Ask yourself these questions.
- How are you currently digitizing books and bound books?
- What are the specific goals of your digitization projects? (Access, preservation, revenue?)
- What is the maximum size of the books to be scanned?
- What resolution do you need?
- What type of output format will you need? (TIFF, JPEG, PDF, OCR)
- What is your timeline and budget?
Our services and equipment have been used by organizations ranging from Yale University to the British Library.
Why have leading institutions in the field made the choice for Kirtas? Contact Kirtas and find out today.