Comments on: Color Scanner now available at Biomed http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/biomedical/2007/11/01/color-scanner-now-available-at-biomed/ News and announcements from the UCLA Biomedical Library Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:42:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.3-2.2.1 By: biomedical http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/biomedical/2007/11/01/color-scanner-now-available-at-biomed/#comment-143 biomedical Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:54:51 +0000 http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/biomedical/2007/11/01/color-scanner-now-available-at-biomed/#comment-143 Hi Randy- The Document Delivery Service (or DDS) is great when you need a PDF version of a book chapter or an article. However, the scanner has some main differences from DDS: - DDS charges at least $3.25 for an article or chapter. The scanner costs just 16 cents a page. - You can scan part of an article or part of a page of a book, a service DDS does not provide - The scanner is full-color; DDS only provides black and white copies - The scanner allows you to export files as PDF, TIFFs, and JPGs, whereas DDS only outputs as PDF - The scanner can be used whenever the Library is open. DDS can take 2-3 days to fill your request. - You can manipulate the images on the scanner (making them larger, smaller, cropped, lighter, darker, etc.), a service DDS does not provide at all - You can use the scanner to obtain electronic copies of full-color images, graphs, or tables, for use in presentations, reports, etc. (although as always, copyright rules apply!) - You can scan graphs, images, etc., from the non-circulating collection; DDS does not provide high-quality image scans, and as you cannot remove these special materials from the library, the scanner is the only way to get high-quality electronic copies of these materials - You can bring in your own materials to scan; DDS is only able to scan items owned by the Library Our patrons needed a way to get electronic copies of materials, and we hope the scanner will help them as they complete their education or research. Contact us at biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu if you have more questions about what the scanner can do! Hi Randy-
The Document Delivery Service (or DDS) is great when you need a PDF version of a book chapter or an article. However, the scanner has some main differences from DDS:
- DDS charges at least $3.25 for an article or chapter. The scanner costs just 16 cents a page.
- You can scan part of an article or part of a page of a book, a service DDS does not provide
- The scanner is full-color; DDS only provides black and white copies
- The scanner allows you to export files as PDF, TIFFs, and JPGs, whereas DDS only outputs as PDF
- The scanner can be used whenever the Library is open. DDS can take 2-3 days to fill your request.
- You can manipulate the images on the scanner (making them larger, smaller, cropped, lighter, darker, etc.), a service DDS does not provide at all
- You can use the scanner to obtain electronic copies of full-color images, graphs, or tables, for use in presentations, reports, etc. (although as always, copyright rules apply!)
- You can scan graphs, images, etc., from the non-circulating collection; DDS does not provide high-quality image scans, and as you cannot remove these special materials from the library, the scanner is the only way to get high-quality electronic copies of these materials
- You can bring in your own materials to scan; DDS is only able to scan items owned by the Library

Our patrons needed a way to get electronic copies of materials, and we hope the scanner will help them as they complete their education or research. Contact us at biomed-ref@library.ucla.edu if you have more questions about what the scanner can do!

]]> By: Randy Ahn http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/biomedical/2007/11/01/color-scanner-now-available-at-biomed/#comment-133 Randy Ahn Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:45:49 +0000 http://blogs.library.ucla.edu/biomedical/2007/11/01/color-scanner-now-available-at-biomed/#comment-133 hmm. nice to have for the convenience, but it's a much better deal for UCLA users to simply use the document delivery service. hmm. nice to have for the convenience, but it’s a much better deal for UCLA users to simply use the document delivery service.

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