I think that would be an awesome piece of equipment to have access to. Scanning books is very monotonous and it would be great is it could be sped up.

Jarek T.

(user:jarekt)

From: wikimedia-dc-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikimedia-dc-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nate Hill
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:16 AM
To: liblabs@googlegroups.com; wikimedia-dc@lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Wikimedia-DC] DIY Book Scanners

Hi all,
Sounds like things are going very well at the LibLab in DC!
I'm sorry I'm not around to be more hands on.

I've been talking a bit with Daniel Reetz creator of the DIY Book Scanner project.
http://www.diybookscanner.org/
His work continues to gain momentum, and he plans to start offering kits to build these things very soon.
Some of the first kits will be available to folks with existing needs: meaning book scanning projects in the queue.

This sounds like a great fit for the LibLab.  So I have a few questions:
Are you all working with a FabLab / TechShop of some sort in DC right now?
Is there a book scanning project you are interested in doing?
Do you have the capacity to support something like this right now?
Does this sound interesting to pursue?

Cheers,
Nate

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