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By Dan Rudy 

Library setup to make archiving a snap

 

February 16, 2017

Dan Rudy/ Wrangell Sentinel

Sarah Scambler uses a local newspaper to demonstrate how Irene Ingle Public Library's new digital archival station works.

A new archiving station has been acquired by the local library, allowing the public access to digital scanning services free of charge.

Irene Ingle Public Library was able to purchase its Knowledge Imaging Center largely through use of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Librarian Margaret Villarma explained the versatile system makes digital archiving very simple, and is easy on original materials. Documents are placed open, facing upward, and a digital scanner overhead takes a picture. The station's software automatically separates and collates individual pages, which...



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