For the Scientific library of al-Farabi was acquired the new device – the Kirtas Kabis III autoscanner

The major principle of the Scientific library of al-Farabi – is giving assistance in obtaining necessary information for scientific and educational activity of teachers, students and research associates of the university.

Due to opening of new specialties at faculties, the main objective of the Scientific library became the updating and high-quality renewal of books’ fund with electronic resources. One of the criteria of valuation of overall performance of the Scientific library is the free access for electronic resources to users.

The new device – the Kirtas Kabis III autoscanner was bought for organization of the Electronic library and satisfaction for demand of readers.

Kirtas Kabis is a complex decision for higher educational institutions, libraries, allowing to facilitate and accelerate process of scanning procedure of books and minimize participation of the personnel.

Air flows and the Enhanced Page Separator combine to separate pages, and the newest SureTurn^TM robotic arm with its vacuum head will gently lift and turn the page. KABIS III uses new clamps with streaming air jets to help flatten pages for optimum image quality. The unique vacuum technology of SureTurn thus realized in devices, provides careful browsing of pages with a speed to 3000 pages an hour. SureTurn^TM robotic arm uses vacuum system to gently pick up and turn one page at a time.

Within the vacuum head is our Page Edge Sensor technology to detect multi-page or no-page lift conditions and automatically take programmable corrective action. The result is full book content integrity and quality without damaging the original, even shabby and guaranteeing browsing of only one page for operation.

After process of scanning of documents, there is a process of further processing, partial edition and transfer through the Bookscan Editor program which distinguishes and edits 177 languages. The scanned pages are keeping in *jpeg, *tif, *pdf-formats.

Acquisition of the Kirtas Kabis III auto scanner speed the process of up-dating the renewal databases of Electronic library and transfer all objectives of documents from traditional form to electronic format.

Thus, the future of the Scientific library are going according with the strategy of development of the university, on formation of the Electronic library, making it’s fund safely and granting to readers, on ensuring high-grade and high-quality information support for the aid of the educational process.