Digital Services (DLC)
Smathers Libraries
University of Florida
P.O Box 117003
Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
P: 352.273.2900
F: 352.846.3702
UFDC@uflib.ufl.edu
Digital Library Center Technologies
UF's Digital Library Center relies on various technologies and collaborates with various technological initatives like Digital Preservation in order to create and sustain the online collection UFDC. Technologies in use include in-house hardware and the use of digitization vendors.
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Microfilm Conversion Services: Vendor Contacts
Vendor contacts are supplied for information purposes. Posting of contact information does not constitute endorsement or recommendation. The Digital Library Center posts only information about vendors with which it has successfully conducted business. Absence of a vendor name does not indicate poor performance. Other reputable vendors exist. We simply have not had the pleasure, as yet, to have conducted business with them.
Aptara
UF has worked with this vendor to convert archives, books and journals to both page-images and searchable-text from microfilm and digital image. Text conversion services utilize either optical character recognition (with or without correction) or double-keying. Aptara was formerly known as TechBooks.
Telephone: Stephen Simon - (703) 352-0001 x 103
EMail: info@aptaracorp.com
Web: http://www.aptaracorp.com/os_conversion
ByteManagers
UF has worked with this vendor to convert archives, books and journals to both
page-images and searchable-text from paper, microfilm and digital image. Text conversion services
utilize either optical character recognition (with or without correction) or double-keying.
Telephone: (312) 243-1140
EMail: info@bytemanagers.com
Web: http://www.bytemanagers.com/
iArchives
UF has worked with this vendor to convert books and journals to both page-images and
searchable-text from microfilm and digital image. Text conversion services utilize highly
accurate optical character recognition. Demonstrated ability to convert and validate
newspapers per National Digital
Newspaper Program requirements.
Telephone:(801) 764-0428
EMail: Scott Christensen, schristensen_at_iarchives.com
Web: http://www.iarchives.com
OCLC Preservation Service Center (formerly Preservation Resources)
UF has worked with this vendor to convert books and journals to page-images from microfilm. Vendor also offers text-conversion services, which UF has not used.
Telephone: (800) 773-7222
Web: http://www.oclc.org/us/en/preservation/default.htm
Unlimited Priorities
UF has worked with this vendor to find alternate solutions from reputable vendors.
Telephone: Iris L. Hanney - (239) 549-2384
EMail: iris.hanney@unlimitedpriorities.com
Web: http://www.unlimitedpriorities.com
Microfiche Conversion
- Stanford's 1999 microfiche conversion project for 17,000 microfiche pages or 480,000 frames.
- ERIC ongoing major project
Film Conversion
- Civil Rights Digital Library (narrative; digitizing from 16mm film using Crawford as the vendor)
- Folkstreams (narrative; ColorLab as the vendor)
Last modified: Monday March 05 2012 lnt
