New scanning service - SOAS Library

The Centre for Digital Africa, Asia and the Middle East at SOAS is
pleased to announce the launch of a new scanning service.

You can now obtain electronic copies of all SOAS Library material,
copyright permitting. (See http://www.soas.ac.uk/infocomp/copyright/
for further information on copyright).

Scanning is an environmentally friendly, fast and flexible way of
making and storing copies of source materials used in the course of
research and learning. It reduces the need for paper copies and allows
you to study reference-only material on almost any computer.
Similarly, it enables core texts to be provided electronically via the
BLE and accessed off-campus.

Students and individuals can request scans by filling in a form
available from the Library Enquiry Desk or by downloading from
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/services/scanning-service/file61411.pdf.
(we are working on an on-line version but it isn't ready yet).

Charges start at 5p per sheet for simple scanning. For a further 5p
per sheet it may also be possible to run scans through OCR software to
produce full-text searchable documents. These costs (which are in line
with current photocopying rates) may be met from research funds,
departmental allocation or personally. The scan will normally be a
single PDF file per publication and, where possible, electronic copies
of documents will be emailed; larger files may be stored on memory
stick if you provide us with one, or, for a small additional cost, a
CD/DVD.

For more about this service see
http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/using/services/scanning-service/

For more about CeDAAME please visit our website http://www.soas.ac.uk/cedaame/
or our blog http://blog.cedaame.soas.ac.uk/
or email: cedaame@soas.ac.uk

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Malcolm Raggett

Digitisation Projects Manager
Centre for Digital Africa, Asia and the Middle East
School of Oriental and African Studies
Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Library, room D3
t: 020 7898 4951
e: mr@soas.ac.uk
w: http://www.soas.ac.uk/cedaame
b: http://blog.cedaame.soas.ac.uk/