Laura Buchholz wrote: > -Does anyone have a diy bookscanner that is for patron use? Do they do fine > with it? I'm looking at the kits, and drooling a little over the new one > <http://diybookscanner.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=3063>, but it seems > more appropriate for staff use than patron use. undoubtedly the diybookscanner requires some hacks and a deeper knowledge of its components (camera, software, etc.), it's not an unpack and just play solution. but the spreads[1] software is becoming more and more mature, and for me is suitable for patron use too (i think that the developer, @jbaiter, is subscribed here. kudos to him). a brief overview of spreads: - it runs on a raspberrypi, a custom image[2] is available. the patron could connect to its web[3] interface from a browser (or from a mobile device, it's responsive). - an autosuggest menu[4] helps the creation of metadata for a new scan (using python isbnlib). - pages can be easily cropped[5] - when finished the capture could be downloaded in a bagit container (zip/tar) this video[6] shows a common scan operation. simply beautiful. [1] https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreads [2] https://github.com/DIYBookScanner/spreadpi [3] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/536407/spreads/spreads-capture.png [4] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/536407/spreads/spreads-create.png [5] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/536407/spreads/spreads-crop.png [6] http://youtu.be/xL0NmT70QL0 -- raffaele, @atomotic