i2S DigiBook – Global solutions for Libraries

Creating innovative value at lower cost

on textual cultural heritage

Aurélie BARONNET International Sales Manager i2S DigiBook a.baronnet@i2s.fr www.i2s-digibook.com

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Some World Premiere and achievements

i2s is a 35 years innovative group specialized in

high-tech and smart cameras

1985 Titanic wreck discovery with

IFREMER and COMEX

1996

1st color Photo Finish camera at the Atlanta Olympic Games

(Swiss Timing – Omega)

2001 1st digitization of Gutenberg Bible

(Vienna Library, award nomination from Smithsonian Institute)

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Since 15 years, i2s DigiBook is the worldwide leader

for book scanners

Suprascan Quartz™ A0 Suprascan Quartz™ A1 CopiBook Cobalt ™

Leader in the book scanning industry

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2009

Launch of the 100% French collaborative R&D consortium, operating platform for Digital

Books

From an R&D project to an all in one application

2012 Digitization made Simpler and Faster

LIMB™ : all in one solution

i2s DigiBook now offers a unique full software solution to process, enrich

and convert cultural funds into digital assets

i2S DigiBook – Creating innovative value at lower cost on textual cultural heritage

Several challenges in the digitization project

Using several types of scanners

Different tools for processing documents, not adapted

Long and costly process

Must be done correctly from the start

Must be compatible with the final usages

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1/ From raw to enhanced images

Page curvature correction:

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Image cleaning :

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1/ From raw to enhanced images

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Advanced lighting correction:

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1/ From raw to enhanced images

i2S DigiBook – Creating innovative value at lower cost on textual cultural heritage

Automated quality control by image analysis

Blur

Over exposure

Partial images

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2/ Quality control

i2S DigiBook – Creating innovative value at lower cost on textual cultural heritage

LIMB offering 2 types of OCR:

Easily tag pages of documents

Page number

Covers

Body

Chapters

Table of content

Etc.

3/ OCR benefits

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3/ OCR benefits

Enrich the metadata :

Structural metadata (XML/ALTO)

Logical metadata

Auto page numbering and page validation tool

Auto table of contents

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New upcoming modules:

OCR correction module: display suspicious

word and give the possibility to correct them

Segmentation correction: illustration and text

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3/ OCR benefits

i2S DigiBook – Global solutions for Libraries

• PDF (Searchable, PDF/A)

• TIFF, JPG, JP2 (compressed and lossless)

• METS, DUBLIN CORE, MODS, MARC, ALTO

4/ Exporting

Generate multiple outputs in one single step:

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Raw image

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Easily manage, create & convert metadata

METS

ALTO

MODS

Dublin Core

No XML knowledge required

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4/ Exporting

i2S DigiBook – Creating innovative value at lower cost on textual cultural heritage

Directly publish content to your digital library

Directly publish to Limb Gallery

Directly export to a Limb Gallery™ repository

Assign collections, categories

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5/ Publishing

VALUE

COST Faster

Processing

Higher

Quality

Automated

tasks

Richer

documents

Better

visibility

Ergonomic &

easy to use

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Conclusion

LIMB Benefits

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