Dear Safraniyot and Safranim, We wanted to know if any of you have used a handheld scanning "pen" to scan information directly into OCLC or Millennium Catalog with any luck. We are considering purchasing a pen from Wizcomtech (an Israeli company) to help us catalog over 3,000 rare books we received as a donation. Our hope is that such a portable device would save wear and tear on the books, allowing us to leave them locked up in their current location, while using the pen to transfer all the necessary data to a cataloging program on the computers in the office.
Thank you for sharing any and all experiences, good or bad. We tried the Iris 6 pen, and it wasn't truly portably and didn't scan smoothly. Shabat Shalom, Jackie Kamerow Ben-Efraim Special Collections Librarian American Jewish University (formerly University of Judaism) Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
