DigLab Services

CLRC’s Digitization Lab (DigLab) offers a range of services and equipment. We offer in-house digitization and metadata services for our members at cost. Our equipment is also available for use or loan for member projects.

Contact Ashley Beavers with any questions or to request an equipment loan or to schedule a day and time to come in to use equipment.

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Services

Consultation

Offer advice on digital project planning

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Digitization

Digitize a wide range of print materials

Metadata

Generate basic metadata for digitized materials

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Upload

Send your materials to NY Heritage, NYS Historic Newspapers, and other repositories

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Preservation

Long-term storage for files in our Digital Dark Archive

Equipment

ATIZ BookDrive Mini 2

Used for bound materials that fit in the cradle

Materials: yearbooks, pamphlets, monographs

Scan area: 10 inches x 15 inches per side

Maximum resolution: approximately 400 DPI

Not available for loans, but can be used by our members

KIC Click Mini

Used for materials that lay flat

Materials: newspapers, binders, materials that don’t fit on a flatbed scanner

Scan area: 12.25 inches x 19.2 inches

Maximum resolution: approximately 400 DPI

Not available for loans, but can be used by our members

DSLR Copy Stand

Used for larger materials that can lay flat

Materials: oversized monographs, posters, maps

Scan area: 24 inches by 36 inches, but it could go larger with some tweaking

Maximum resolution: approximately 400 DPI

May be loaned out in the future

Epson 10000XL/12000XL Scanner

Ideal for unbound flat materials

Used for: documents, photographs

Scan area: 12.2 inches x 17.2 inches

Maximum resolution: 2,400 DPI

We have one available for loan to our members

Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner

Ideal for unbound flat materials

Used for: documents, photographs, slides, negatives

Scan area: 8.5 inches x 11.7 inches

Maximum resolution: 6,400 DPI

We have two available for loan to our members

Blue Yeti USB Microphone

Can be used for producing oral histories, podcasts, or other audio recordings

Connects to a PC using a USB cable

TASCAM US-122 mkII USB Audio Mixer

Can be used for producing oral histories, podcasts, or other audio recordings

Connects to a PC using a USB cable

Important Files

Yearbook Digitization and Upload Policy

Postcards_ Identifying and Dating

Projects in the DigLab

Erwin Library and Institute: to digitize 7 hotel registers from the Hulbert House which contain the signatures of historic figures and make them available on NY Heritage

Hamilton Public Library: to digitize paper copies of MidYork Weekly newspapers from 1947 – 1954 and make them available on NYS Historic Newspapers

Erwin Library and Institute: to digitize 7 hotel registers from the Hulbert House which contain the signatures of historic figures and make them available on NY Heritage

Hamilton Public Library: to digitize paper copies of MidYork Weekly newspapers from 1947 – 1954 and make them available on NYS Historic Newspapers

Syracuse University Libraries: to continue transcription by SU students of Oakwood Cemetery Registers and make them available on NY Heritage

Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville: to finish digitizing Suburban Life newspapers, from 1975-1978 and 1985-1989.

Syracuse University Libraries: to create metadata for 200 objects from the collection of La Casita Cultural Center; to digitize and transcribe Oakwood Cemetery burial registers, dating back to 1859.

Skaneateles Historical Society: to create metadata for over 450 photographs of local residents and locations.