For offering knowledge accessibility to all, the National Library of France decided to facilitate cultural heritage access to its audience. A recognized civic engagement but the public library sees its limits with the use of photocopiers: the old or bound books wore out quickly (face down, crushing) and you can’t see what is printed or…
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Your patrons have albums full of photographs and boxes full of slides, but do you have a preservation strategy for them? If you want to let your customers’ family photographs to last, here are five tips for ensuring their legacy: 1. Ensure the originals are stored in a cool, dry place with minimal exposure to…
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St. Catharines Public Library has again chosen Ristech’s Viewscan III microfilm/microfiche readers for their library patrons to research and browse their extensive collection. As well they have obtained one of Ristech’s Spirit scanners to allow staff to preserve and digitize their collection rare books. These acquisitions will benefit the community by providing them access to…
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Hamilton Public Library has again chosen Ristech’s Viewscan II microfilm/microfiche readers for their library patrons to research and browse their extensive collection. As well they have obtained one of Ristech’s Colortrac Gx+ 56 scanners to allow staff to preserve and digitize their large collection of War Posters, maps, and other large scale media. These acquisitions…
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Ristech enjoyed being at the ARLIS 2016 conference in Seattle, Washington this year to renew prior acquaintances and make new connections with the members of VRA. The introduction of the NEW K71 digital sensor camera and multiple copy-stand(s) was well received and provides you with new technology for excellent digitization of your special collections of…
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The Royal Ontario Museum has again choosen Ristech’s Book2Net Spirit scanner to allow students and staff to collect and study sometimes rare and irreplacable media in a virtually non-destructive manner. Having had great success in the past, this time the H.H. Mu Far Eastern Library received a new Spirit LED. The H.H. Mu Far Eastern…
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What Is PDF/A Anyways? 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.…
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ST Imaging Viewscan Service Bulletin ST engineering has been investigating an issue where 3 of our customers have experienced take up motor failures over the last 15 months. We have been testing VS II and VSIII systems for film movement between the glass platens and the 2 Mylar strips and motor stress and this is…
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Shearwater Aviation Museum Selects Book2Net The Shearwater Aviation Museum has flown into the next millenium by selecting the Book2Net Kiosk from Ristech to help preserve their library of historical documents and books. This purchase brings the ability of the museum to produce media for the public and other interested parties without having to open or…
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Royal Military College Selects Ristech Equipment The Royal Military College (RMC) in Kingston Ontario has selected Ristech equipment to arm its students with the best digitization equipment in the world. With the purchase of Book2net’s Kiosk and an ST Imaging’s Viewscan, RMC is ready to digitize all of their collections of books, documents, microfilm and…
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