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Tyra Grant,Northwestern University Head of Preservation:
"We received the box with our books and the scans yesterday.  The PDFs turned out beautifully. I couldn't be more pleased.... Thank you so much for helping with this project."


"Richard DeSantis, Director of Technical Services, Innovative Document Imaging: "I love your scanner... I have spent the last six months working with it and I am very happy with it."


Internet Archive President Brewster Kahle: "The Kirtas technology will help in offering the great works of mankind to our children in the way they want to experience them."


"The Kirtas system was the obvious choice, because while its price was comparative, it required a lower level of operator experience and its speed was far superior," said Greg Barnes, Digital Projects Coordinator at Texas Tech University Libraries. "In addition, the integrated workflow and OCR capabilities of the accompanying image processing software suite, Kirtas BookScan Editor Pro, made the decision even easier"

"The impact of this machinery is both dramatic and immediate," says Dean of Libraries at Texas Tech University Donald Dyal, Ph.D. "Do the math and you can see the benefits in labor costs and time."

"But the larger implication is that it allows us to ramp up our efforts to preserve materials quickly and to make them readily available to patrons via the online catalog - beefing up Texas Tech's position as a major player in the propagation of scholarly works across the globe."

"With the addition of the Kirtas book scanner and software, we will be able to streamline our workflow," says Virginia Tech Director of Digital Imaging, Dr. Gary Worley. "As part of our ongoing effort to preserve more than a century of original dissertation and our collection of rare books, we see the introduction of the Kirtas APT BookScan 1200 as a vital component in the process."

"After looking at the competition, it became clear that Kirtas was an outstanding choice for mass digitization." says Emory University Director of Digital Programs & Systems Martin Halbert. "The Kirtas equipment and scanning software will allow us to scan multiple monographs in less than one hour - an enormous improvement in workflow efficiency."

"We know it would be necessary to look for other solutions if we were to begin a mass digitization project. Our investigations led us to Kirtas," said Toronto Public Library Director of Research and Reference Libraries Linda MacKenzie. "It would take as much as twenty hours to scan and OCR a 300-page book using the manual system, compared to a matter of minutes using the Kirtas system."

"We found that the Kirtas program met our two primary requirements. The robotic scanner was the most fully automated scanner we found that could safely handle the material we wanted to digitize. We also wanted a solution that would enable us to undertake the digitization onsite and within our own stewardship."

"We anticipate that we will actually be a purchaser of our own Scan and Print On Demand titles," said MacKenzie.

Says Emory University Vice Provost for Libraries Rick Luce, "The Emory Libraries plan to use the program to support the publishing of scholarship from our campus. This program will allow our faculty and students an opportunity to disseminate their work, if they choose to do so, under the Emory banner."

"Our goal is to deliver the highest quality, most effective imaging solutions to meet our customers' needs," says Innovative Document Imaging (IDI) President Marty Tannenbaum. "Thanks to the rapid and efficient initial set-up and a targeted training program for the operators, we saw an immediate return on our investment."


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