Hey Folks,

Always glad to hear of more interest in book scanning. Just wanted to "swoop in from Berlin," as they say, to remark on the specialness of the Reetz 1.0 scanner. This is what was written to the last space (Double Union) who were thinking of borrowing it:

The scanner in question was the first DIY Book Scanner kit offered by Daniel Reetz starting in 2012 (hereafter referred to as Reetz 1.0). We bought ours for $495 plus tax and S&H in April of 2013. The unit was the product of more work, willpower and idea exchange than I could possibly summarize here, though Daniel himself offers an abbreviated rundown on the current website. The unabbreviated history is written in the archive of the diybookscanner.org forums, the original Instructables project, the many articles that catapulted the project to international attention, in between the folds of Daniel's voracious, odds-defying, rapid-prototyping brain, and perhaps in the pages of some future book on the subject (which we will scan on one of the Reetz scanners, so meta). It was also the direct basis for the Internet Archive's "Table Top Scribe" system, clandestinely constructed during a period in which we were lead to believe that our scanner was being retrofitted to integrate seamlessly with IA servers. A spontaneous visit to an open Friday lunch happened to give us front row seats to the black cloth unveiling of that unit, whose duplicitous origins have never been fully acknowledged.

While it may not be immediately apparent to anyone eyeing the Reetz 1.0 in whatever corner of Noisebridge it currently occupies, this unit is much, much more than the sum of its CNC-milled parts. As the owners, assemblers and operators of both this and the newer "Archivist" scanner (which we call Reetz 2.0), we'd like for whomsoever responsibility of this equipment be transferred to, temporarily or permanently, bear that history in mind and make a concerted effort to ensure its safety and security.

The last thing I'd ask is that if ever it's not being used or not being treated excellently, it be returned to Noisebridge, just as if that were to happen at Noisebridge, it would be returned to me. Collecting different flavors of hackerspace dust is a cruel fate for such a storied instrument. If no one has any use or love for it, I always will.

Best from "Berlin,"

-Danny

On Dec 27, 2017 10:52 AM, "Jake" <jake@spaz.org> wrote:

Jacques,

it sounds like Dany is offering the kit to sudoroom, would you be willing to
meet with him to pick it up and bring it in? I can help you find a place to
set it up and computers and even cameras to get it going.

-jake

On Tue, 26 Dec 2017, jacques revera wrote:

Thank you Dany.

Fantastic! I met you at noisebridge a couple years ago at a meeting of the
digital archivists. Your work in people's book scanning is important, (with
the little I know) - as can be seen in your google talk:
https://youtu.be/4JuoOaL11bw
My interest begins with access to scanning and digitized books for the
ideas but, that is dependent upon the scanner hardware developers and
hackers. That base kit (donated from NoiseBridge) Daniel Reetz developed
and put out in 2011 and the development of a community around it was a game
changer I think.

Your help with a kit ready-to-assemble will get us off to a fast start -
which will help firm up this new book scanning access and group at the omni.

jacques

On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 3:45 PM, <dany.nb@qhex.org> wrote:

Hello,

I helped with the Noisebridge book scanners, and the one we wanted to

donate is the red one shown here:

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Bookscanner

Here's some detail about the design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4-qMc2QSOw

It's currently disassembled, basically a kit again.
Do you all want it? If so, I'd be happy to help on that side.

I've cc'd our group's mailing list, and you're welcome to join if you

want to collaborate at all:

https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/digitalarchivists

Best,
Dany

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:26 PM, robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:

tues @sudo >8pm is a time to collaborate

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 12:09 PM, jacques revera <jacquesrevera@gmail.com>

wrote:

lockable should not be a problem. If noisebridge is donating one of the

older designs, it would be framed with raw wood we can just screw some
hinges and plywood in - to box it - to keep people from fiddling with the
mechanisms. The cameras might need a more secure spot at the omni.

Marc, Robb, Jake,
I am looking forward to meeting and working with you. I am new to this

list, the omni commons and the sudo room so please keep me straight on that.

I am back in town Jan. 1 --- Tues Jan. 2 would be a good day for me to

meet and begin - and maybe complete a plan and proposal if needed for the
omni collectives. I have a van if there is a base-kit already constructed
at noisebridge that needs to be picked up.

Sat, Dec 23, 2017
Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote

I can donate two identical Canon digital cameras to this project.
...there's an extra book scanner at noisebridge that they were

begging me to take.

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:35 AM, robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:

we may have to make it lockable :/

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:42 AM, robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:

although future basement media center might be a better place

On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 10:41 AM, robb <sf99er@gmail.com> wrote:

i'd like to help
omni collectives might allow it to live in the ballroom mezz library

if we draft a proposal

i'm getting a vtr (vid tape rec) w/sdi output to digitize old vhs

tapes w/optimal quality next week too

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Jake <jake@spaz.org> wrote:

I can donate two identical Canon digital cameras to this project.

-jake

On Sat, 23 Dec 2017, jacques revera wrote:

I would like to talk with any folks who can collaborate or help
establishing a book scanner in Oakland. I am talking about a

complete

system, finished, effective and quick. I myself need to be able to

scan

quantities of books several times a month easily. I cannot afford

the total

cost maybe $1500 of the base kit, cameras(aprox $100 per) and

computer

hardware of full fledged system recommended by
http://www.diybookscanner.org
https://store.diybookscanner.org/collections/frontpage/
products/archivist-quill-book-scanner-base-kit

There are many DIY project designs out there and software great to

tinker

with. But, what I am interested in is quickly completing setting

up a fast

stable system(or getting one donated or purchased) - and working

with the

projects and issues that begin at that point: starting with

scanning lots

of books. I have a huge number of books I need to scan for

personal and

political projects which have broader applications.

I would prefer working on a system that could serve many people

and needs -

and I would be interested in being part of a collective working on

getting

books scanned and converted to accessible formats (particularly
http://daisy.org) - but also interested in working on making the

system

available to more people and the whole thing accessible for the

disabled. I

am also interested in discussing working on the further extensions

of

accommodating reading disabilities, books and computer access for

the

blind.

I volunteer at Revolution Books to fight the power and transform

the people

for revolution. I have a good basis in literature of art, politics,
history, science and international fiction needing to be read and

made

available. I have a reading disability. I have taught TV

production and

media in public schools. I live in Oakland.

Jacques

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