A "Digital Laboratory" will be created in Chelyabinsk on the basis of "Elar PlanScan"

2022: Delivery of Elar PlanScan to create Digital Laboratory

On June 8, 2022, Elar announced that the domestic planetary scanner Elar PlanScan A2-600 delivered to Chelyabinsk State University, where it will serve to create electronic collections of the most valuable and significant books.

Elar PlanScan A2-600

As part of the work of the Digital Laboratory Chelyabinsk state university , electronic collections of rare books of the library will be created, as well as the works of are digitized teachers of ChelSU, which will allow, among other things, to work together in priority national projects and domestic initiatives to create a single digital space.

Elar PlanScan A2-600

"We plan to work together with the Publishing House of ChelSU to introduce original layouts of the works of our teachers for e-learning and scientific activities in the Russian and international scientific community in accordance with the adopted standards, formats and rules. Also, the creation and use of electronic copies will contribute to the task of resolving legal issues: from copyright to the finished document, " comments Svetlana Anatolyevna Belyaeva, director of the scientific library of FSBEI HE "ChelSU"

Elar PlanScan A2-600 is equipped with an advanced scanning system capable of solving the most difficult problems of digitizing various documents in the format up to A2 +. University employees will be able to scan on it, including stitched, fastened, dilapidated and non-standard documents.

"The creation of the Digital Laboratory will contribute to the disclosure of the scientific and educational potential of the library fund and the enrichment of the electronic catalog with full-text publications," notes Svetlana Anatolyevna