It all starts with a story … At i2S, it all began in 2007, after a contact for our Dutch distributor who wonders himself if the i2S book scanners respond well to new guidelines « Metamorfoze »? We put in place a battery of tests and developments to meet this exciting challenge and needs of our distributor. Sewing up we crossed the barriers to meet in terms of image quality with the requirements of this Directive. This enabled us to win a number of tenders, all focused on image quality. After these experiences, we design a new scanner, the Quartz A1 , taking into account the early specification « Metamorfoze « . Today, i2S is the undisputed leader in the segment of high-quality scanners for heritage collections. The guidelines « Metamorfoze » and « FADGI » Metamorfoze: This is the Dutch spelling of the Greek word, « μεταμόρφωσις » meaning transformation. Halfway between biology and « Metamorphoses » of Ovid, this term covers the Netherlands an extensive grant program dedicated to scanning. This program aims to conserve and digitizing Dutch cultural heritage writing . As Ovid trying to recreate in his poems, myths and the world he knew, « Metamorfoze » seeks likewise to digitally transcribe, the world of paper left by the Dutch heritage. The guidelines « Metamorfoze » has three level-based document types: Metamorfoze intended to works of art (photos & amp; tables) Metamorfoze Light for manuscripts and books; Metamorfoze Extra Light for newspapers. With a threshold « good or bad » and units based on human vision: L*a*b*, espace couleur eciRGBv2 Beyond « Metamorfoze », two international standards share the same goal and the same vision in terms of image quality, FADGI* the other side...
Every year, i2S organises a ‘Sales Meeting’ with international distributors in order to exchange views on the subject of plans within the digitalisation market and to present their digitalisation solutions, image processing and cost sharing. From the 5th to the 7th of April 2016, this meeting took place at i2S’ headquarters, welcoming guests of 19 nationalities, from Africa, Asia, America and Europe- a great occasion for the distributors. to shareinformation on the market; to see and touch new products and services ; to enrich theirselling points. ~ OBJECTIVES to see i2S perform better in a ferociously competitive market ; to be time after time improving time to market ; respond to the demands of our clients. Generally, in a format which is agile and interactive , this meeting consisted of morning plenary sessions in order to share information about the international market, but also to conductthemed workshops on i2S’ software products and solutions and collaborative work on the future of our market. WHY WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS We hope to unite our distributors on the values of i2S. By establishing such an event, we have produced an essential and fool-proof plan for talking with and motivating our distributors, bringing the group closer together by presenting new products to them before they are put on the market. This event also enables direct exchanges between our international distributors so they can share their experiences and move forward with marketing i2S’ products and services. For Alexandre Besson, (international sales manager) it is all about ’raising the level of togetherness for our distributors, presenting them with our new solutions and our...
The National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco (called « NLKM ») is actively engaged in preserving its national heritage. This project was created in 2009 with the goal of conserving, restauring, and digitizing all the Moroccan heritage funds, representing 80,000 manuscripts (200,000 titles) of every era since the 9th century, conserved in every Moroccan library (NLKM, heritage libraries, university libraries, public libraries, and private libraries which are open to the public). Determined and engaged, NLKM has set clear objectives: make accessible all francophone content through a digital library , preserve the original manuscripts (deteriorating with public use) , expand its reputation internationally and establish a « temple guardian » reputation , conserve at least one digital copy (in case of a catastrophe), digitize all the manuscripts for mid-June 2016. To reach these goals, NLKM has partnered up with i2S, specialists in image capturing and processing, and with Spigraph (Moroccan agency) to assure a global service. Since the beginning of the project in 2009, i2S has equipped NLKM with a book scanner called CopiBook. Then , to reach a sufficiant production rhythm, NLKM has enlarged its scanner park with CopiBook and DigiBook scanners for works requiring partial opening to scan. « These scanners are magnificent. They are robust and never break. The i2S scanner collection has allowed us to reach our goals, and in particular digitilize 4,600,000 pages for mid-June 2016 » ~ Hassan Aakki, head of Management and Conservation of collections. Characteristics of the content Hassan Aakki explains that the content of the manuscripts constitutes the cultural identity and specificity of the Morrocan civilization. Its importance resides in its values such as history, scientific, and arts as it is attractive. Unique works enriched with diagrams, commentaries, and...
For fifteen days at the end of 2015, Alex Besson, the globetrotter who manages the Asian territories for i2S, had a memorable experience in China in Kunming, Yunnan Province and Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. The goal was to sell book scanners and software solutions. This trip was planned with WeChat , the application that every self-respecting Chinese « geek » uses all the time. It allowed him to talk with his clients on the other side of the the « Great Wall of China. » For our globetrotter, this has a considerable advantage: « you can send photos and videos practically in real time and receive a message in in Chinese that you translate into English.« . Nevertheless, as with any professional relationship, mutual confidence is established by spending time in the field with the clients. During those 15 days, our experienced traveler spread his wings and created conditions that fostered mutual trust. It’s true that building bridges between these two cultures constantly every day from 8 am to midnight isn’t easy, but by opening up to each other and learning about each other’s cultures in all forms, the relationship becomes easier. LIMB GALLERY at the Yunnan Province’s library. During his first week, Alex began his travels with a visit to the Library of the province of Yunnan, one of our prestigious clients in that area, one that has invested in our LIMB Gallery™ digital library solution. During this journey, Alex accompanied the client for the launch of this software solution accompanied by the software development team recruited locally by SWOLF, our local Chinese partner. http://msq.ynlib.cn/ The digital library was online very quickly, ready to make digitized images available almost instantly...
For offering knowledge accessibility to all, the National Library of France decided to facilitate cultural heritage access to its audience. A recognized civic engagement but the public library sees its limits with the use of photocopiers: the old or bound books wore out quickly (face down, crushing) and you can’t see what is printed or scanned. It is clear that a image capture from the top is the most suitable technique. Thus, from 2009, the National Library of France becomes the first public institution in the world to equip themselves with eScan Open System book scanners, innovative scanning solutions developed by i2S respectful of all works, for replacing photocopiers. Through the outsourcing company Sedeco, the National Library of France is equipped first – in 2009 – with 12 eScan book scanners first generation, the first self-service book scanner on the market easy to use and ergonomic. Installed on 4 sites of the National Library of France, these 12 scanning solutions allow the public to ask a local operator to make a copy of an excerpt of a work in high-quality then printed (single output mode authorized by the institution at that time). The + : digitization up to A3+ format, easy to move, combersome, can be installed on any support With the success of its service, the National Library of France decided in 2014 to renew its outsourcing park, and to increase the number of scanners. Appreciating the features already existing in the eScan first generation, the library therefore wishes to change the use of scanners leaving some with direct access to readers (scanning by ourself). To accommodate both public heterogeneous users and a wide range of works, the imposed criteria for...
The story began 24 months ago, when Pascal Thuilliez (international sales manager of i2S) met one of the biggest international integrators of security systems, which has become one of the several clients since then. This business represents a major order of twelve CopiBook™ book scanners with a following inherent software solution that involves a large digitization project of national archives of an African country. An initial consultation mission took place on the spot with one of our experts in digitization process in order to assess the documentation and to frame the digitization project. After this audit, i2S defined the expression of needs and technical specifications to be able to run this project. After an extensive study on market solutions, our client’s choice naturally fell on our offer for the following reasons : The robustness and reliability of CopiBook™ book scanners Created in 2005, CopiBook™ is the success story of i2S and planned obsolescence does not exist or only a little because the major part of the base installed 10 years ago still functions. Easy to move, it is designed for travelling and it can be quickly installed, so it perfectly fits to the needs of the service provider when digitization of the documents is needed on the spot. Productivity and simplicity of use of our digitization solutions In terms of productivity, CopiBook™ is a book scanner allowing the digitization up to 1000 pages per hour. By having a unique competitive advantage, this scanner allows the real time display of the document, as well as the automatic size and position detection. To digitize, the only thing to do is to turn the...
Our partner and customer Arkhênum one of the leading service bureau in Europe for archival and cultural heritage content increase its park of book scanners with 4 new eScan Open Systen. With an install base of more than 50 i2S book and large documents scanners Arkhênum provides one of the widest range of solutions in Europe to digitize cultural heritage contents. In addition, Arkhênum is one of the largest LIMB Gallery reseller and integrator in France, Switzerland and Belgium. Limb Gallery is a dedicated software for publishing and managing digital library on line. At i2S , we are proud to support Arkhênum in his new capacity and thus amplify our mission : the digitization of cultural heritage to better disseminate...
Summary: Auto Docs captures social history from classic publications for global searchers using leading technology from i2S. The objectives were to capture the entire content of five historical periodicals published between 1869 and 1990 from originals held at the Mary Evans Picture Library, Blackheath, London. The capture solution had to: Deliver consistent, high-quality images from the original copies of the periodicals for use by on-line social researchers worldwide. Be capable of being housed on-site at Mary Evans in the very limited space available in the library facility. Meet very aggressive on-line publication deadlines set by the content publisher. The project was completed using book scanners from French technology provider i2S DigiBook and supported by Spigraph Network, i2S’s exclusive distribution partner in the UK. The solution comprised: Two CopiBook Cobalt RGB A2 book scanners operated by Auto Docs staff on-site at Mary Evans scanners. Capture quality management and project management from Auto Docs Glasgow service bureau. Project governance compliant with ISO 27001 information security and ISO 9001 project management standards. « Our CopiBook Cobalt book scanners provided the efficiency and best-in-class technology which enabled our team to deliver the project within the required time frames and with virtually no rescans” said Pamela Tod, Director of Auto Docs. Auto Docs took advantage of a number of factors in ensuring a successful outcome to the assignment: Many years of experience of scanning historic books using specialised book scanners. Experienced staff that could leverage the full capabilities of the i2S CopiBook scanners. Effective project management that maximised throughput, minimised re-works and ensured the project was delivered on-time for the on-line publication deadline. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Detailed case study Business Context The Mary Evans Picture Library...
In Brazil , during the XXVI CBBD conference (Sao Paulo, July 21-24 ), i2S officially launches its new scanner » eScan Open System « , a fully configurable scanning solution, that you can easily configure to your need thanks to its DIY design and configurator. During this event , all i2S team welcomes you on its booth to make you live demonstrations of our solutions for digitization projects and book...
INNOVATION i2S launches its new color area sensor combining higher image quality and timeless. Thanks to its performances, this camera addresses the digitization market of all kind of books and documents, but also medical and scientific imaging. Three models are already available … Learn...
