Professional Services
Digitising Service and Systems
CAVAL provides digitising service and systems to enable and/or enhance a digitising program for your organisation in support of preservation and access of your collection.
Digitising Service - Quality and Preservation
CAVAL digitising service specialises in digitising bound volumes of books and journals, including rare and fragile items, resulting in improved access to your organisation’s collection while providing a digital image ideal for archival storage.
Digitising Systems
CAVAL is the exclusive agent for the KABIS family of robotic book scanners. Similar to that used for the Google Book Digitising Project, Kirtas digitising machines are able to scan items at up to 3000 pages per hour and convert the scans to searchable PDFs providing electronic access for your organisation and its clients. We are able to provide quotes for:
• Technology, software and support to improve your own digitising service.
• Book Digitisation systems: Kabis I, Kabis II and Kabis III
Adaptability - Additional Digitising Services
LODA (Large Object Digitising Apparatus)
CAVAL’s Kirtas digitising service is complemented by CAVAL’s LODA (Large Object Digitising Apparatus). This device is capable of digitising A0 sized items, using high end Canon Cameras. The LODA removes the need for large format material to pass through rollers found in traditional large format scanning devices. The device is capable of digitising large format items such as newspapers, posters and paintings without the need for dismantling.
Items are digitised in A0 sections, and then stitched together to form one seamless, high resolution image. As a case example, CAVAL has digitised over 40 maps for the Victorian Department of Transport, producing high resolution copies of the maps, allowing users to zoom in and discover a wealth of detail.
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Alternate Formatting and Editing
CAVAL provides alternate formatting and editing services aimed at disability services for universities.
Demonstration and details of Kirtas 2400 RA Book Scanner
The scanner captures the page’s contents via 2 x 21 Mega Pixel Canon Cameras. The bound books are held in place by a specially designed cradle, holding the book at an opening angle of 45 degrees.
A series of lasers and processors control the robotic arm which turns the pages of the books. Air is used to gently lift and turn the page.
The unit is capable of digitizing bound material with the following dimensions:
Max. Height = 355mm
Max. Width = 250mm
Max. Depth = 90mm
*note: maximum dimensions vary depending on the binding type.
Final output can be provided in a range of formats, including PDF, JPEG or TIFF. Colour, segmented (background removed), greyscale and small bitonal (black and white) images can be captured.
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Colour*
Greyscale with OCR - bleed through removed
Greyscale with OCR - with bleed through
While Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is optional, this service is available at no additional charge. The images are captured at a very high resolution, so the OCR output is exceptionally accurate.
Electronic copies can be either sent to the library on external hard drive, DVD or, hosted at CAVAL and accessed online.
"The finished product is certainly most impressive - clear and easier to read - it will be a real benefit with these handwritten documents to be able to enlarge the text when you are trying to decipher some of the more challenging handwriting!"
Annabel Lloyd
Coordinator Archives
Brisbane City Council Archives
CAVAL can arrange for the transport of material from anywhere in Australia to CAVAL’s digitising facilities in Bundoora, Victoria.
For further information contact Sara Hearn, Digital Services & Copyright & Permissions