Digital and Scientific Imaging Equipment -- Academic Imaging Associates

Digital Imaging Technology and Equipment for Libraries, Museums,
Laboratories and Field Work

OPUS PRESERVATION STARTER KIT

Opus Preservation Starter Kit is a single workstation license ("out of the box") solution for bookscanning workflow including automatic and automated metatdata collection and entry. Think of Opus as an image manufacturing production line.

Opus® features

A highly efficient digitizing workflow system for preservation or access
Compatible with preservation and access compliant scanners including Bookeye, BetterLight and other ultrahigh resolution scanners
Control and management of image files, content and derivatives from the point a volume is queued up for scanning through image cleanup, metadata capture, derivative creation and export to content managment systems.
Facilities for capturing metadata prior to scanning, directly from the volume itself, or after scanning, from the images
Automated 'two-up' image splitting, book-fold correction, crop & de-skew and other image treatment functions
Manual review and adjustment of automated image treatment results
Automated metadata capture -- OCR and intelligent interpretation
Manual review and adjustment of metadata automatically captured
Multiple derivatives creation

Creation / Selection of Templates

Scanning Two Up

Auto / Manual Image Treatment

Auto / Manual Metadata Capture

Derivative Creation

Backup and Release

Academic Imaging Associates

P.O. Box 192, 172 Carlen Street
Manchester Center, VT 05255
V 802.362.3169 F 802.362.0760
Academic Imaging Associates

Manufacturers of Technology, Lighting and Devices of Interest to Digital Libraries,
Archives, and Scientific Institutions

BetterLight, Jenoptik, Metis, TTI Tarsia Technical Industries, AIAXact, Creo, Sinar, Kaiser, Linhof, Rollei, Schneider, Rodenstock, Imacon, PhaseOne, Nikon, Fuji, Microptics, Zig-Align, Kodak, Leaf, Cruse, Bogan, Bessler, Bassant, Zeiss, Sony, JVC, Braun, Kigamo, Kirtas, I2S D-Line, I2S Digibook, BookEye, Bhul, North Light, Dessanti, nNovia, Novoflex, Bogan, Panoscan, Canon, Comprehensive, ProVideo, Panasonic, Cambo, Epson, Contax, Colortrack, Eldim, Pixera, Riser, Hasselblad, Mamiya, Image Access