Digitization

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Digitization Micrographic Facility
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Facility and Staffing

• Based in St. Marys County, MD, our lab has been
  providing high quality conversion services since
  1985.
• Production 13,500 Sq. Ft.
• Digitization
• Micropublishing
• Warehouse 24,500 Sq. Ft.

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Manufacturing Distribution Operations Summary
Digitization Operations Preservation Operations Distribution Operations
To organizations with valuable private collections To LexisNexis Editorial content creation originating from a variety of source media books, paper, microform, digital Hearings digitization - 2M pages per month searchable PDFs XML Jenkins Law Library digitization Pennsylvania Court System RB Digital Asset management Federal Agencies, Fortune 1000 OCR text conversion and correction HTML tagging Center of Excellence for high quality LN digitization One of the largest, most technologically advanced micrographic labs of its kind Archival capture of federal government and historic document collections A Kodak Certified Lab Produced 60K original camera masters and 5M archival microfiche duplicates in 2007 13,483 square feet dedicated to micrographic and digital conversion production Recent preservations - Thomas Edison Papers, Clara Barton Papers, and the Garrison Family Papers Finished goods distribution center (microfiche and print) 24,517 square feet dedicated to warehousing and distribution 20,000 shipments annually which include microfiche subscriptions, retrospective collections, print indexes, and guides to microforms
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Digitization What is it?

• Digitization isnt just scanning
• its creating an accurate digital representation
  of the original analog content.
• Digitization demands high quality and value.
• digitized content must be preserved in a format
  that meets the expectations for quality,
  usability, compatibility, and longevity.
• If the original source documents are lost or
  destroyed, will the digital version be suitable
  as a replacement?
• The digital contents quality reflects on the
  owner.
• Digital content should add value to its analog
  counterpart.
• Digitization is a process, not an event.

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Project Considerations Cost Drivers

• What file format PDF, TIFF, JPEG, etc?
• What resolution 200 dpi, 300 dpi, etc.?
• Do you require any form of image cleanup and
  enhancement?
• What quality level is required? Will you OCR the
  images or just send them out for keying?
• How much material will be scanned?
• What is your turnaround requirement?
• Average size of the documents (W x H x
  Thickness)?
• Does the size vary greatly or are they fairly
  consistent?
• Are the documents rare and irreplaceable?
• Are the bindings fragile and subject to cracking
  apart?
• What is the condition of the pages thin,
  brittle, yellowed, bleed-through?
• Average pages per document?
• Are sample documents available for a pilot?

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Digitization Process Steps

• Document Control Document inventory and
  organization
• Image Capture
• Customer defines reasonable quality expectations
• 300-600 DPI in TIFF, JPEG
• Image Cleanup rotation, de-skew, cropping
• Image Enhancement brightness, contrast, edge
  sharpening, bitonal, grayscale, color conversion,
  text centering, de-speckling
• Image Segmentation retain document boundaries
  and capture metadata within the document
• OCR
• Industry leading OCR engines
• "Voting" OCR technology
• Searchable PDFs
• Optimized with lossless or lossy compression
• Fast Web View enabled
• Metadata Provide descriptive, technical, and
  structural metadata in XML format

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Microfiche Conversion Process
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Security and Preservation

• Security at LexisNexis
• Proximity badge access for all employees.
• Restricted access in secure areas of the
  building.
• 24x7 security monitoring.
• Micrographic Archiving and Reproduction
• Capture source documents on silver halide
  microfilm (camera master)
• Produce print master from camera master
• Produce customer orders from print master
• Archive camera masters on-site in secured vault.
• Archive duplicate print masters at Iron Mountain.
• Maintain an inventory of the print masters stored
  at Iron Mountain.

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Unique Advantages of the St. Marys Facility

• The process and quality are customized and driven
  by the customers content.
• LexisNexis uses State-of-the-Art equipment to
  produce the quality that meets our customers
  needs.
• LexisNexis uses innovative imaging software
  technology.
• Our people make the difference. LexisNexis
  assigns a dedicated team to your project who are
  knowledgeable, responsive, and flexible.
• LexisNexis utilizes Lean Manufacturing principles
  for developing a workflow process that delivers
  the highest quality, value, and efficiency.
• Our experience and quality are our reputation.
• Decades of experience filming and scanning
  historic and rare collections
• NARA, Senate Library, Library of Congress,
  Supreme Court RB
• Jenkins Law Library PA Court System RB
• LexisNexis OSD project
• Presidential Libraries FDR, Eisenhower, JFK,
  LBJ, Carter.
• Thomas Edison Papers Parts 1 though 5, Clara
  Barton Papers, and the Garrison Family Papers
• Digitization of US Serial Set collection, CRDC,
  and Congressional Hearings
• The California, MD facility is also a Kodak
  Certified Micrographic Lab.

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Benefits of Scanning with a Kirtas

• Safe for Books Pages
• Smart Cradle optimizespositioning for
• Minimal binding stress
• Keeps pages in same position
• Sure Turn single page pick-up, gentler than the
  human hand
• No page bending
• Turns on binding
• Automated and manual page turning in one system
• For loose or torn pages
• For foldouts

• 300-450 dpi
• 2 cameras
• Dual processors
• RoHS compliant

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Kirtas Cradle and Robotic Technology
Sure Turn Page Turner Combines advanced vacuum
and robotic technology for gentle page turning
Smart Cradle V-shaped for gentle support,
maintains 110 angle, adjusts to keep pages in
same photo plane during scanning

• 2,400 pages per hour
• Book Sizes From 115 x 180mm to 260 x
  350mm
• Up to 100mm thick

Air flow controls to cause page separation and
lift for the robotic vacuum head
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James A. RumpleVP of Imaging Manufacturing

• Jim Rumple has nearly 40 years experience in the
  publishing industry. His career includes 30
  years with University Microfilms, Inc. of Ann
  Arbor, MI, a leader in micropublishing
  periodicals, newspapers, doctoral dissertations,
  and rare book collections. His progressively
  increasing responsibilities included Production
  Control Manager, Operations Manager, and Manager
  of Advanced Document Manufacturing.
• In 1999 Jim joined LexisNexis (Congressional
  Information Service) as Vice President of Imaging
  and Manufacturing at the California, MD
  micrographic and imaging lab where he is
  responsible for the micrographic, distribution,
  and digitization operations. He has worked to
  transform the operation from analog photography
  to digital imaging and emphasizes lean
  manufacturing methodologies. The St. Marys
  plant has digitized several microfiche
  collections including US Serial Set (10M pages),
  Congressional Record, and Congressional Hearings
  (25M pages).
• Jim earned a BS degree from Eastern Michigan
  University in 1992. He holds current memberships
  in AIIM, and The Association for Manufacturing
  Excellence (AME)

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Lukman BazarahSenior Manager of Operations

• Lukman Bazarahs remarkable 29-year career in
  microfilm and digital imaging continues to keep
  LexisNexis as a leading force in the preservation
  of historical documents and digital imaging
  sector of the information technology industry.
• Beginning his career as a Camera Operator in
  1979, he worked his way through every aspect of
  Micrographic technology while gaining vast
  experience and knowledge of all aspects of
  leading edge information and digitization
  technologies.
• As the Senior Manager of Operations, Lukman
  oversees a multi-million dollar revenue stream
  while leading the operations of camera mastering,
  electronic imaging, duplication, finishing
  shipping, and plant facilities.
• A certified Microsoft recipient and alumnus of
  CSM, Lukman is a continuous change agent who is a
  member of AIIM and the Association for
  Manufacturing Excellence that challenges his
  managers to excel across current industry trends
  and brings proven successes to the LexisNexis
  Academic team.

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Micah CallowayElectronic Imaging Manager

• Micah Calloway is a career leadership
  professional dedicated to introducing and
  applying the latest technologies of image
  digitization and incorporating lean initiatives
  to maximize organizational and workflow
  efficiency while providing solutions to
  customers needs. Micah has over 10 years of
  information technology experience with seven
  years directly associated to digitization, data
  archiving, image capture, image processing and
  quality control, optical character recognition,
  and information management.
• Micah has led the digitization production of many
  successful LexisNexis online products. His
  proven vision and versatility led the way to
  digitizing approximately 10 million pages for the
  U.S. Serial Set Digital Collection and 4 million
  pages for the Congressional Research Digital
  Collection. In 2007, Micahs department
  digitized 18 million pages for the Congressional
  Hearings Digital Collection with an averaged 92
  OCR confidence level. His team continues to
  digitize new content for both Congressional
  products and has been partnered with the Total
  Practice Solutions group for the last two years
  to digitize content for Lexis.com.
• A Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator and
  alumnus of CSM, Micah is a continuous change
  leader who stays ahead of current industry trends
  and brings proven successes to the LexisNexis
  Academic team. Micah is a member of AIIM and the
  Association for Manufacturing Excellence.

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Janet SpeakerCamera Mastering Manager

• Janet Speaker is a career leadership professional
  and advocate of a lean and six-sigma
  environment with the vision, enthusiasm, and
  dedication to continuous workflow improvements by
  inspiring and teaching teams the mastery of
  problem-solving and, the art of versatility and
  positive change. As a the Camera Mastering
  department leader for manufacturing and
  operations management, she has proven expertise
  in Lean methodologies, Kaizen initiatives,
  strategic planning, cycle time reductions,
  personnel management, and performance
  assessments. Janet is a high-energy individual
  who is committed to providing a quality product
  with efficiency when preserving sensitive
  historical documents and, digitizing new
  projects.
• During her time with LexisNexis, Janet has
  developed, implemented and streamlined processes
  and procedures that has facilitated noticeable
  improvements and allowed for additional projects.
  Last year, Janets team was credited with
  producing over 35 historical preservation
  products (Thomas Edison, Special Studies- Iraq,
  African Americans in the Military) and over
  58,000 new print masters.
• An alumnus of the University of Maryland
  University College at College Park, Janet holds
  her Bachelor of Science in Criminology. She is a
  member of the AIIM and Association for
  Manufacturing Excellence organizations. She has
  over 18 years of leadership experience and
  continues to use lean principles to promote
  growth and introduce new technology.