[Digitalarchivists] [sudo-discuss] I want to establish a book scanner at Sudo room or in Oakland
Luis Felipe R. Murillo
luisfelipe at softwarelivre.org
Wed Dec 27 20:01:28 UTC 2017
Happy to see it go to a fellow space to our fellow friends!
I helped to assemble it... over a couple of beers at NB ;-)
On 12/27/2017 07:50 PM, newmy51 at gmail.com wrote:
> One last thing:
>
> None of the sentimentality expressed in that message means that the
> scanner should not be hacked. It should be hacked. Anyone willing to
> make it better has always been welcome to do so, and I would be excited
> to see that happen at sudo room, as I know other DAG members are.
>
> On Dec 27, 2017 11:43 AM, "newmy51 at gmail.com <mailto:newmy51 at gmail.com>"
> <newmy51 at gmail.com <mailto:newmy51 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hey Folks,
>
> Always glad to hear of more interest in book scanning. Just wanted
> to "swoop in from Berlin," as they say, to remark on the specialness
> of the Reetz 1.0 scanner. This is what was written to the last
> space (Double Union) who were thinking of borrowing it:
>
> The scanner in question was the first DIY Book Scanner kit
> <https://web.archive.org/web/20130302002026/http://diybookscanner.myshopify.com/products/diy-book-scanner-kit> offered
> by Daniel Reetz starting in 2012 (hereafter referred to as Reetz
> 1.0). We bought ours for $495 plus tax and S&H in April of 2013.
> The unit was the product of more work, willpower and idea exchange
> than I could possibly summarize here, though Daniel himself offers
> an abbreviated rundown
> <http://www.diybookscanner.org/archivist/indexaaae.html?page_id=29> on
> the current website. The unabbreviated history is written in the
> archive of the diybookscanner.org
> <http://diybookscanner.org/> forums, the original Instructables
> project
> <http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-High-Speed-Book-Scanner-from-Trash-and-Cheap-C/?ALLSTEPS>,
> the many <https://www.wired.com/2009/12/diy-book-scanner/> articles
> <http://www.businessinsider.com/daniel-reetz-diy-book-scanner-2013-2> that
> catapulted the project to international attention, in between the
> folds of Daniel's voracious, odds-defying, rapid-prototyping brain,
> and perhaps in the pages of some future book on the subject (which
> we will scan on one of the Reetz scanners, so meta). It was also
> the direct basis for the Internet Archive's "Table Top Scribe
> <https://archive.org/details/tabletopscribesystem>" system,
> clandestinely constructed during a period in which we were lead to
> believe that our scanner was being retrofitted to integrate
> seamlessly with IA servers. A spontaneous visit to an open Friday
> lunch happened to give us front row seats to the black cloth
> unveiling of that unit, whose duplicitous origins
> <https://forum.diybookscanner.org/viewtopic.php?t=3098> have never
> been fully acknowledged.
>
> While it may not be immediately apparent to anyone eyeing the Reetz
> 1.0 in whatever corner of Noisebridge it currently occupies, this
> unit is much, much more than the sum of its CNC-milled parts. As
> the owners, assemblers and operators of both this and the newer
> "Archivist <http://diybookscanner.org/archivist/>" scanner (which we
> call Reetz 2.0), we'd like for whomsoever responsibility of this
> equipment be transferred to, temporarily or permanently, bear that
> history in mind and make a concerted effort to ensure its safety and
> security.
>
> The last thing I'd ask is that if ever it's not being used or not
> being treated excellently, it be returned to Noisebridge, just as if
> that were to happen at Noisebridge, it would be returned to me.
> Collecting different flavors of hackerspace dust is a cruel fate for
> such a storied instrument. If no one has any use or love for it, I
> always will.
>
> Best from "Berlin,"
>
> -Danny
>
>
>
> On Dec 27, 2017 10:52 AM, "Jake" <jake at spaz.org
> <mailto:jake at spaz.org>> wrote:
>
> Jacques,
>
> it sounds like Dany is offering the kit to sudoroom, would you
> be willing to
> meet with him to pick it up and bring it in? I can help you
> find a place to
> set it up and computers and even cameras to get it going.
>
> -jake
>
> On Tue, 26 Dec 2017, jacques revera wrote:
>
> Thank you Dany.
>
> Fantastic! I met you at noisebridge a couple years ago at a
> meeting of the
> digital archivists. Your work in people's book scanning is
> important, (with
> the little I know) - as can be seen in your google talk:
> https://youtu.be/4JuoOaL11bw
> My interest begins with access to scanning and digitized
> books for the
> ideas but, that is dependent upon the scanner hardware
> developers and
> hackers. That base kit (donated from NoiseBridge) Daniel
> Reetz developed
> and put out in 2011 and the development of a community
> around it was a game
> changer I think.
>
> Your help with a kit ready-to-assemble will get us off to a
> fast start -
> which will help firm up this new book scanning access and
> group at the omni.
>
> jacques
>
> On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 3:45 PM, <dany.nb at qhex.org
> <mailto:dany.nb at qhex.org>> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I helped with the Noisebridge book scanners, and the one
> we wanted to
>
> donate is the red one shown here:
>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner
> <https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner>
>
> Here's some detail about the design:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw>
>
> It's currently disassembled, basically a kit again.
> Do you all want it? If so, I'd be happy to help on that
> side.
>
> I've cc'd our group's mailing list, and you're welcome
> to join if you
>
> want to collaborate at all:
>
> https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists
> <https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists>
>
> Best,
> Dany
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:26 PM, robb <sf99er at gmail.com
> <mailto:sf99er at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> tues @sudo >8pm is a time to collaborate
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:09 PM, jacques revera
> <jacquesrevera at gmail.com
> <mailto:jacquesrevera at gmail.com>>
>
> wrote:
>
>
> lockable should not be a problem. If noisebridge
> is donating one of the
>
> older designs, it would be framed with raw wood we can just
> screw some
> hinges and plywood in - to box it - to keep people from
> fiddling with the
> mechanisms. The cameras might need a more secure spot at the
> omni.
>
>
> Marc, Robb, Jake,
> I am looking forward to meeting and working with
> you. I am new to this
>
> list, the omni commons and the sudo room so please keep me
> straight on that.
>
> I am back in town Jan. 1 --- Tues Jan. 2 would
> be a good day for me to
>
> meet and begin - and maybe complete a plan and proposal if
> needed for the
> omni collectives. I have a van if there is a base-kit
> already constructed
> at noisebridge that needs to be picked up.
>
>
> Sat, Dec 23, 2017
> Jake <jake at spaz.org <mailto:jake at spaz.org>> wrote
>
> I can donate two identical Canon digital
> cameras to this project.
> ...there's an extra book scanner at
> noisebridge that they were
>
> begging me to take.
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:35 AM, robb
> <sf99er at gmail.com <mailto:sf99er at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> we may have to make it lockable :/
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:42 AM, robb
> <sf99er at gmail.com <mailto:sf99er at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
> although future basement media center
> might be a better place
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:41 AM, robb
> <sf99er at gmail.com
> <mailto:sf99er at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> i'd like to help
> omni collectives might allow it to
> live in the ballroom mezz library
>
> if we draft a proposal
>
>
> i'm getting a vtr (vid tape rec)
> w/sdi output to digitize old vhs
>
> tapes w/optimal quality next week too
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 3:43 PM,
> Jake <jake at spaz.org
> <mailto:jake at spaz.org>> wrote:
>
>
> I can donate two identical Canon
> digital cameras to this project.
>
> -jake
>
>
> On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, jacques
> revera wrote:
>
> I would like to talk with
> any folks who can
> collaborate or help
> establishing a book scanner
> in Oakland. I am talking about a
>
> complete
>
> system, finished, effective
> and quick. I myself need to
> be able to
>
> scan
>
> quantities of books several
> times a month easily. I
> cannot afford
>
> the total
>
> cost maybe $1500 of the base
> kit, cameras(aprox $100 per) and
>
> computer
>
> hardware of full fledged
> system recommended by
> http://www.diybookscanner.org
> https://store.diybookscanner.org/collections/frontpage/
> <https://store.diybookscanner.org/collections/frontpage/>
> products/archivist-quill-book-scanner-base-kit
>
> There are many DIY project
> designs out there and
> software great to
>
> tinker
>
> with. But, what I am
> interested in is quickly
> completing setting
>
> up a fast
>
> stable system(or getting one
> donated or purchased) - and
> working
>
> with the
>
> projects and issues that
> begin at that point:
> starting with
>
> scanning lots
>
> of books. I have a huge
> number of books I need to
> scan for
>
> personal and
>
> political projects which
> have broader applications.
>
> I would prefer working on a
> system that could serve many
> people
>
> and needs -
>
> and I would be interested in
> being part of a collective
> working on
>
> getting
>
> books scanned and converted
> to accessible formats
> (particularly
> http://daisy.org) - but also
> interested in working on
> making the
>
> system
>
> available to more people and
> the whole thing accessible
> for the
>
> disabled. I
>
> am also interested in
> discussing working on the
> further extensions
>
> of
>
> accommodating reading
> disabilities, books and
> computer access for
>
> the
>
> blind.
>
> I volunteer at Revolution
> Books to fight the power and
> transform
>
> the people
>
> for revolution. I have a
> good basis in literature of
> art, politics,
> history, science and
> international fiction
> needing to be read and
>
> made
>
> available. I have a reading
> disability. I have taught TV
>
> production and
>
> media in public schools. I
> live in Oakland.
>
> Jacques
>
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