Elar PlanScan scanners installed in one of the world's agricultural libraries

2022: Installation "Elar PlanScan" A2-600R

Two domestic planetary scanners ELAR PlanScan A2-600R will help the Central Scientific Agricultural Library increase the volume of digitizable books and optimize the work of employees. This was reported on February 10, 2022 in Elar.

The Central Scientific Agricultural Library (FSBNU TsNSHB) is one of agricultural libraries world the national libraries Russia on agriculture and food. Being one of the information centers for agriculture in the country, FSBNU TsNSHB considers one of its main tasks to be the operational provision of users - scientists, agricultural industry specialists - with the necessary information. The library stores more than 3 million copies of documents on topics agriculture and related industries.

"On ELAR equipment, first of all, we plan to digitize publications that are most popular with readers, as well as book monuments, rare and valuable books, thematic collections, and scientific heritage. On average, about 500 books will be digitized annually, " said the chief librarian of the FSBNU TsNSHB Oksana Mikhailovna Tambovtseva

Employees of the Library note that ELAR scanners are convenient to work with, have the performance and quality of digitization, as well as a careful contactless scanning mode. The technical support of friendly specialists, the operational training of employees is of no small importance.

"With the installation of planetary scanners, the Library has the opportunity to increase the number of digitization of books from the fund, as well as optimize the process of transferring files to the National Electronic Library. We will also be able to restructure the staffing of the library with a reorientation to the digital environment, " told Oksana Mikhailovna Tambovtseva