tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post116119861324541722..comments2024-03-19T16:26:45.863-04:00Comments on Digitization 101: Article: Microsoft in digital book dealJill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-1161619009916948292006-10-23T11:56:00.000-04:002006-10-23T11:56:00.000-04:00Some more details from Cornell re: the agreement w...Some more details from Cornell re: the agreement with Kirtas:<BR/><BR/>http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct06/library.digitizes.ssl.html<BR/><BR/>Whilst the Kirtas machines are great for small bound soft and hardcover books, it will be interesting to see what technology/service provider Cornell/MS are using for larger format items (i.e. books larger than 11*14, large format maps, etc). The Library of Congress does quite a bit of large format digitization as an outsourcing service.<BR/><BR/>It will be interesting to find out what the resolution of the output files being sent to MS are. <BR/><BR/>Cornell has previously said that 400dpi is a good balance between the highest quality (and filesize) of 600 dpi and the lower mark of 300dpi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com