Those who attend the American Library Association’s midwinter conference this month will see a curious machine -- a lecternlike bookstand with robot arms that pass vacuum wands over the pages. It is a ...

The IRIScan Desk 6 offers an incredible level of versatility that goes beyond its capabilities as a 300 dpi document scanner. With video capture functionality and a built-in microphone, it is also ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

Books may be the last frontier of the digital age, most of their pages unscanned, and unsearchable on the Internet. Instead, they’re on library shelves, far from the reach of a Web browser. Enter ...

In today’s digital age, the conversion of physical documents into digital format has become imperative for seamless access and efficient management. Enter the CZUR Shine Ultra Document Scanner, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Scanners normally come in three flavors: flatbed, film and ...

The University of California system has joined Google’s controversial book-digitization project, and the partnership is expected to convert millions of books from the system’s 100 libraries -- even ...

“Someday all this stuff is going to be online. Right?” — An attorney, circa 1988. Digital libraries have been in existence since the 1960s. They caught on immediately and have been popular ever since ...

A document scanner is often dismissed as outdated technology, a relic of ‘90s corporate offices. But as our lives become increasingly paperless, the need to bridge the gap between physical and digital ...