John Hopkins University selects Kirtas KABIS 700 production book scanner to complement their digitization technology! Kirtas has enjoyed a strong relationship with Johns Hopkins University. In 2008 the Library selected the Kirtas APT-2400 robotic book scanning system. Recently, it came time for JHU to upgrade their digitization equipment. The Milton Eisenhower memorial research library again…
Digitization efforts are being expanded in Universities and Libraries in response to the demand for materials to support online learning. While there are many options available, we think most institutions need to consider Robotic book scanners. Frot cost-effectiveness to saving time, we’ve come up with a list of the Top 5 reasons to consider a…
Kirtas is pleased to announce it is now an offical U.S. reseller for the STERI-BOOK SB-601 Book Sterilization system. The STERI-BOOK swiftly and safely disinfects a wide range of materials, destroying bacteria, viruses and harmful mold with the simple touch of a button. Effective and reliable disinfecting of borrowed library materials including books, magazines, CDs,…
As the bard once declared, “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” For the Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, each day can now be judged by both, thanks to the addition of the high-yielding KABIS III book scanning system. The bountiful, high quality output of…
What is in a name? When it comes to a successful and thriving business– everything. InfoQuick Solutions (IQS), a Syracuse-area, New York provider of innovative records management solutions, recognizes the value of being QUICK when offering its broad spectrum of information services. In the competitive market of digitization, however, one cannot be QUICK without also…
Founded in 2013, The Digital Archive Group (TDAG) is a Chicago, Illinois based company that specializes in high quality archival scanning services and digitization. For TDAG, image quality is paramount, but so too is flexibility and efficiency. Their formidable array of in-house scanning equipment reflects this however nowhere were these needs more critical than with…
The traditional concept of ‘evolution’ is usually that of a plodding process involving many, many years of slow gradual change and adaptation to a slowly transforming environment. In the mercurial abodes of today’s technological world however, the past is simply a brief prologue to the remarkable and rapid advancements of the present. Ristech Company immediately…
Utilizing i2s’ SupraScan Quartz A0 and its considerable digitization know-how, the Digital Initiatives Lab of McGill University’s McLennan Library have successfully reproduced a true-to-life facsimile of a 15th century antiphonal from the early Italian Renaissance, bringing the unique treasure nearly 600 years into the future to be marveled at and perused by eager, 21st century eyes. Ristech…
AS KIRTAS celebrates the 15 year anniversary of the first sale of its revolutionary APTBookScan 1200 digitization system, let’s flip through the pages and take a brief glance back at some of the earlier chapters of its memorable history. The novel concept of a high-volume, automated book scanner that would later become Kirtas’ unique flagship…
FADGI and Metamorfoze are two sets of preservation standards developed within the last decade that provide comprehensive numerical analysis of accuracy and quality of digitized image output from a wide array of imaging devices. FADGI (Federal Agencies Digitization Initiative) was first developed in the United States in 2007 as a collaboration between federal agencies to…
November 9, 2016 The University of Mary Washington’s Digital Archiving Lab in Fredericksburg, Virginia is currently using the Book2Net Cobra overhead scanner to help convert the Simpson Library’s rare and unique archival materials into digital formats. The Cobra utilizes two high-resolution area sensors in combination with high quality optics, safe handling and LED illumination to…
IMAGINE millions upon millions of rare, fragile books, locked away in some darkened room in the back of some sparsely patronized library, never seeing the light of day, or perhaps more pointedly, never being pulled out and opened by human hands; never perused by human eyes– forgotten, awaiting further decay and disappearing from existence. Over…
26 July 2016 The Clark Art Insitiute has chosen Ristech to provide it with the means to digitize their extensive collection of historically significant media. Using the book2net Spirit scanner, they can archive and make publically available materials that are too delicate to be handled by anyone but historians. This will allow a more in…
June 6, 2016 In 2016 the National Library of Medicine, part of the National Institute of Health and located in Bethesda, MD has begun digitizing most of its historical materials on a “Cobra” V-Cradle scanner purchased from the Ristech Company.The devices are manufactured by Microbox in Germany, and allows for books to be scanned with…
April 7, 2016 With four libraries, more than two million visitors and a combined total of more than two million books, McMaster University in Ontario, Canada is a top ranked research establishment in Canada and it is considered one of the leading research institutions in the world. The Library’s William Ready Division of Archives and…
March 15, 2016 So you’ve probably heard the term PDF/A tossed around when discussing digitization output. In fact, you may have seen it mentioned right here on our website. But what is PDF/A? Should you use it in your projects or recommend it to your customers? Well, here is a crash course in PDF/A. Think…
March 9, 2016 Tsadra Foundation’s Research Department, nestled amongst the picturesque foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains in Boulder, Colorado has recently selected Kirtas’ KABIS IIIw book scanner from Ristech’s unique line of high quality digitization systems to help contribute to the preservation of Tibetan Buddhist culture and further its mission to support the advancement…
February 23, 2016 Flying circles in an endless holding pattern with your current digitization workflow? docWorks offers a virtual cockpit and command center for managing production workflow and system environment of digitization projects. A comprehensive solution that easily navigates through large or multiple digitization projects; Streamlined Multiproject Management and Statistical Analysis removes unexpected take-off delays…
January 19, 2016 Kirtas’ parent company, Ristech Co. has been presented the Modern Library Award for Gold distinction for the Book2net Kiosk II Book Scanner with Integrated 71MP at the 2016 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. The award was based on judging by librarians who use the Kiosk. This year’s program featured over 50…
January 11, 2016 With nearly 15 years of experience as a designer, manufacturer and provider of automated bound document digitization solutions, Kirtas also provides digitization services through its Service Bureau, located at its headquarters in the picturesque Finger Lakes region south of Rochester, New York. Our service bureau strives to provide color accurate, high resolution,…
December 23, 2015 Digitizing analog documents, books and works of art has developed into a broad-based professional activity with the aim of saving and preserving our cultural heritage and making it accessible to research and reference for generations to come. The proliferation of digital image processing and enhancement techniques along with the development of high-resolution…
October 21, 2015 Ristech is excited to announce that we are now offering the LuraTech PDF Compressor software technology that can benefit your operation of providing Cultural Heritage content easily via the internet to your patrons. The PDF Compressor is the professional solution for high quality, process-oriented conversion and compression. It is flexible, scalable, and…
September 9, 2015 TOLEDO, OHIO — A teenager’s diary documenting life in a Soviet labor camp more than seventy years ago is now available for the public to read, thanks to a digital preservation project by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. The diary is among the first documents digitized in the library’s new digitization lab.…
Manager: “Where are we on the Hanover Project?” Supervisor: “Hold on. Let me check my spreadsheet. I haven’t finished entering all the numbers from the last shift yet.” Manager: “Oh. I’m asking because a customer is looking for an update on document 3988750493.” Supervisor: “Hmm sounds familiar. According to the spreadsheet it was last in…
April 10, 2015 When it comes to digitization, so many options are available that it sometimes becomes more time consuming to figure out what image specifications are needed than to actually digitize of the material in question. Let’s take a look at two of the most common file formats and their benefits and trade-offs. In…
Kirtas Technologies once looked to be on the verge of something big. In 2006, the Victor book digitization company signed a contract with Microsoft Corp when the software giant sought to create a vast digital library to rival Google Books. Within a couple of years, Kirtas’ headcount went from a couple dozen to nearly 150…
So you’ve successfully started your digitization project. Scanners in place. Check. Team trained. Check. Workflows created, IT infrastructure constructed and inventory established. Check, check and check. You’re producing files and uploading it to your storage devices. But, after the files are digitized and the documents re-shelved, is the job really over? While digitizing your files…
