eBooks on DemandLjubljana 27. of May, ISNG 2010

Alenka Blatnik

Content

Digital Libraries Initiative EOD Network EOD Library Service EOD eBook Book scanner technologies Image manipulation Digitization workflow in NUK Print on Demand (POD Service) EOD customers & costs Finished orders 2009 Discussion/Questions???

Digital Libraries Initiative 1

European Commission

Information Society and Media

i2010: A European Information Society for Growth and Employment

- Creating a Single European Information Space

- Innovation and Investment in R&D

- Promoting Inclusive European Information Societyhttp://ec.europa.eu/information_society/eeurope/i2010/docs/communications/com_229_i2010_310505_fv_en.pdf

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/index_en.htm

Digital Libraries Initiative 2

Coordinator

Projects

EOD Library partner

The Digital library

European Digital Library

http://www.uibk.ac.at/

http://www.nuk.uni-lj.si/

http://www.books2ebooks.eu/

http://www.dlib.si/

http://www.europeana.eu/portal/

EOD Network

EOD Google map

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=100512313929374944535.000471defea1948f6db52&cd=2&sll=47.267734,-122.450025&sspn=0.071946,0.071946&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=48.719961,8.789063&spn=21.627619,39.418945&z=5

EOD Library Service

A network with a central web-based database, FTP (File transfer protocol), A Digital object generator (Images & OCR), PDF (Portable Document File) eBook generation, Automated e-mail + link to the customer page, Order status check, Payment, Direct access to the eBook, Download.

EOD eBook

Public domain book digitized at request, A single full text PDF document file, System integrated book cover + ISBN nr. Generated in various colour modes, A basic version - Includes compressed and cropped digital images

An advanced version - Includes compressed and cropped digital images + OCR

EOD eBook

Book scanner technologies

Flatbed,

2D Book scanners,

3D Book scanners,

Video capture.

2D book scanner 1

Manual

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfMNPp5xAug

2D Book scanner 2

Semi automatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdABdujdo0A&feature=related

2D Book scanner 3

Robotic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16rNqnxj0U&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSHaQFiaVKA

Image manipulation

Image manipulation software - Colour mode (Binary, Gray scale, Colour mode),

- Deskew & Geometrical correction,

- Light & Contrast, Bith Depth,

- Eraser & Crop tool, OCR,

- Reducing file size (TIFF G4, JPEG 2000).

OCR (Optical Character Recognition) - Reads the characters & special sings,

- Full text correction,

- Export in various data files (TXT, HTML, XML, PDF)

Image manipulation software

OCR software

Digitization workflow in NUK

Print on Demand (POD)

Paperback book, Central POD Service, Booksuge a subdiary of Amazon, Metadata & ISBN number, Printed with electrophotographic print. tech., Books are stored at Amazon, Sent to the customer via standard mail, Conitnue to be ordered as a reprint.

http://www.amazon.de/

EOD customers & costs 244 orders were processed 2007 - 2009

Finished orders 2009

Discussion/Questions???

Further development of the EOD Service- Full text in various eBook reader formats,- Special service for the blind and visually imapired.

Standardization?

- The average customer needs,

- The needs of goverments and other public institutions.

Long-term document preservation - TIFF vs JPEG 2000 (ISO/IEC 15444 : 2008)

Thank you for your atention

Acknowledgements

MŰHLBERGER, G., GSTREIN, S. eBooks on Demand (EOD): a European digitization service [online], updated 15.12.2009 [cited 06.01.2010]. Available from: <http://www.ifla.org/en/ifla-publications.html>.

KLASINC. J., SVOLJŠAK. S., KAVČIČ-ČOLIĆ, A. Nova storitev v NUK – digitalizacija knjig po naročilu (EOD eBooks on Demand), Knjižnice za prihodnost: napredek in sodelovanje: Zbornik posvetovanja ZBDS, ZBDS, 978-961-6683-01-2, Ljubljana, (2007), pp. 357 – 363

BLATNIK, A. Assuring the digital proof for standardized offset printing : diploma. Ljubljana, (2008), pp. 30.

i2010. Digital Libraries. European Commission Information Society and Media [online], updated 24.5. 2010 [cited 24.5.2010]. Available from: http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/index_en.htm

MANUAL BOOK SCANNER. i2S Digibook – Book Scanners [online], updated 12.5. 2010 [cited 19.5.2010]. Available from: bookscanner.com/produits.asp?IDPAGE=77&sX_Menu_selectedID=left_BC60CF75

SEMI AUTOMATIC BOOK SCANNER. Zeutschel digital and analog storage systems [online], updated 1.5. 2010 [cited 15.5.2010]. Available from: http://www.zeutschel.com/products.html

ROBOTIC BOOK SCANNER. Buchscanner ScanRobot® - Treventus Mechatronics GmbH [online], updated 24.5. 2010 [cited 24.5.2010]. Available from: http://www.treventus.com/

ROBOTIC BOOK SCANNER. QiScan – Automatic Book Scanner [online], updated 24.5. 2010 [cited 24.5.2010]. Available from: http://www.roboticbookscan.com/