Dear Colleagues...

This is an update to my recent posting for information about 
Toronto-area vendors who provide quality scanning services to the 
general public, particularly of fragile books.

At first glance, most service providers seem to focus on specific media, 
and not too many on books. In fact, as far as I can see only the last on 
this list - Access Document Conversions - might do books.

And as most of you know, it really depends on what the goal is - that 
is, preservation or access, or both. And given that scanning is not like 
photocopying from a labour point of view, and depending on what the goal 
is, costs will no doubt vary considerably. Anyway, here's the 
consolidated list from the responses.  Note that this does not include 
information about Internet Archive or OJS services which are really 
geared to institutions wanting to contribute to Open Access initiatives.

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Vallilee Digital Imaging Solutions 905-420-6786

David Orgel, www.digitalimprovements.com

Forever on DVD, 1-866-668-6383, Kitchener
http://www.foreverondvd.com/

ADD Analogue-Digital Duplication 519-928-2604
http://www.add-duplications.com/

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Patrick Donoahue
www.torontoimagescanning.ca
416-596-8606

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Access Document Conversions 905-338-9030

Access Systems Ltd is an Oakville Company (www.access-systems.ca) that 
specializes in Film based imaging. [They] Microfilm delicate records 
then scan the microfilm.

Steve Knight
Sales Manager
Access Systems Ltd
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Suzanne


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Suzanne Dubeau, MISt
Assistant Head, Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections
York University
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