Equipment

Mobile Digitization Kit: Scanning Kit List

Mobile Digitization Kit: Copy Stand Kit List

Mobile Digitization Kit: Outreach Kit List

Culture in Transit: Master Equipment Inventory

Mobile Digitization Kit: Scanning Kit List

The Scanning Kit was our mobile digitization kit used for scanning two-dimensional material and films and negatives. It was used at our community digitization events and in our work with cultural heritage institutions.

The standard Scanning Kit was made up of an Epson V600 flatbed scanner and a laptop. The scanner was transported in a wheeled hard protector case, with the laptop and other supplies transported in a backpack. The Epson V800, a larger model in the Epson V scanner series, was purchased for one of the community kits. It had added functionality over the V600, however, ultimately we decided this scanner was too large and heavy to truly be considered ‘mobile’ so we did not include it in the list of recommended equipment.

Image of Epson V600 Scanner

The Scanning Kit List comprises everything that makes up the kit. It is split into two sections, with a minimum and maximum price range. We purchased everything in the two sections, however we made some items optional to differentiate between what we believe are required items for the kit and items that can be purchased depending on budget considerations and/or that may already be in hand.

Culture in Transit Scanning Kit List

Please note: This list is representative of our Scanning Kit, but is not an endorsement for specific products. Please refer to the complete equipment inventory for more details including product information, pricing and comments about specific items.

Mobile Digitization Kit: Copy Stand Kit List

The Copy Stand Kit was our mobile digitization kit used to digitize oversize two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. We used the kit in our community events and in our work with cultural heritage institutions. However, as the project progressed we found that using the copy stand at community events was not efficient in the fast-paced workflow of an event. The lighting environment could not be controlled in a community event setting either, which lowered the quality of the images.

The kit comprised of a Canon Rebel T5 DSLR camera, a tripod that could invert, a photographic backdrop, studio quality lights and a laptop. The camera and lights were transported in a wheeled hard protector case, with the laptop, tripod and backdrop and other supplies loaded into a backpack.

Image of Copy Stand

The Copy Stand Kit List comprises everything that makes up the kit. It is split into two sections, with a minimum and maximum price range. We purchased everything in the two sections, however we made some items optional to differentiate between what we believe are required items for the kit and items that can be purchased depending on budget considerations and/or that may already be in hand.

Culture in Transit Copy Stand Kit List

Please note: This list is representative of our Copy Stand Kit, but is not an endorsement for specific products. Please refer to the complete equipment inventory for more details including product information, pricing and comments about specific items.

Mobile Digitization Kit: Outreach Kit List

This kit was used exclusively at our community scanning events, in a move towards interactive community events. The kit comprised of a tablet that was used to create a slideshow of historic materials relevant to the neighborhood the event was being held in and another tablet with headphones that was used as an oral history listening station.

Image of Outreach Kit at community event

The Outreach Kit List includes everything that makes up the kit.

Culture in Transit Outreach Kit List

Please note: This list is representative of our Outreach Kit, but is not an endorsement for specific products. Please refer to the complete equipment inventory for more details including product information, pricing and comments about specific items.

Culture in Transit: Master Equipment Inventory

We developed a master equipment inventory to track every piece of equipment we considered for our mobile digitization kits. The inventory contains every item we purchased for our kits, with details on which kit the equipment was used in, the product ID, cost (as at March 2016), where we bought it from and any comments about the item.

Culture in Transit Master Equipment Inventory

Image of CIT mobile digitization kit with open cases

Resources

Blog Posts about Equipment

We used our blog to record our experiences of compiling mobile digitization kits and also to review certain items of the equipment we purchased. Below are a list of posts we have written about our equipment that people may find useful/helpful.

Equipment Resources and Guidelines

Culture in Transit Equipment Resources

Culture in Transit Equipment Guidelines