Hope Jennifer doesn't mind if I pass this on. I'll ask her for details of small & affordable readers --- do they work for normal fiches? Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jennifer Gribble" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:42 PM Subject: Re: SCT-FIFE-D Digest V02 #562 > Hi Allan, > > I believe that whether a scanner can "read" microfiche or microfilm depends > on the type of scanner. Some are equipped for reading transparencies and > some are not. There are also special "slide readers" that can be used - > these tend to be both small and affordable. > > Our agreement with the GROS precludes distributing digital images of the > census files. It is O.K. for a volunteer to scan images for their own use > provided they destroy them once the transcription is completed. > > Hope this answers your question, > > Jen > > > >X-Message: #8 > >Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:32:08 +0100 > >From: "Allan Mcbain" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: RE: Scotland Free Census Project - Update > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="us-ascii" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Jennifer, > > > >Do you know if decent scanners can "read" microfiche or microfilm? I (and > >I'd guess a few on the list) have a scanner, but no fiche or film reader. If > >it can be done it might just push up your volunteer total. > > > >Allan > > Jennifer Gribble > Scotland Recruiter & Ayrshire Coordinator > U.K. Free Census Project (FreeCEN) > http://www.speakeasy.org/~jgribble/scotland.html > [email protected] > > > ==== SCT-FIFE Mailing List ==== > . > >