The Start of Something Big

Innovative Document Imaging’s Personal Digital Imaging Service held it’s first two library document collection sessions last month. The initial response by patrons at the East Brunswick (April 16th) and Long Branch (April 30th) public libraries was extremely positive. “This was a wonderful start for our personal digital imaging program,” said IDI president, Marty Tannenbaum. “Now that the public has experienced this service; seen how convenient and effective it is, the program will grow and grow. At the recent New Jersey Library Association conference, we already had another 10 public libraries ready to sign on,” he said. Twenty percent of all proceeds from the program are credited back to sponsoring libraries. The program allows individuals to preserve valuable personal collections of print, photographic and a/v materials with the same professional quality once exclusive to institutions. To learn more, please visit idiimage.com/digitization, or contact Marty, (800) 380-9058.

Gotta Have Heart!

Our partner, Sarva Solutions, is a company with its heart in the right place. Sarva specializes in BPO in the publishing, legal, and health care sectors. The company provides IDI with data entry, cropping and image inspection. Sarva’s founder, Dominic Thomas, is an Indian entrepreneur who worked extensively in the U.S. for companies like Microsoft and Tata. Whenever Dom would travel back to India from the US, he was amazed by the poverty he found. When he established Sarva, Dom decided that helping would be part of the business model. Dom came across a home for the elderly run by the French Little Sisters for the Poor on a visit. “India is a very traditional society where the elderly are expected to be cared for by younger generations. As so many of our young people have left home to find jobs elsewhere, many of the aged were abandoned. And because of the shame, the problem remains hidden,” explains Dom. The home now cares for 200 men and women aged 75 and up, allowing them to live in dignity. With the help of companies like Innovative Document Imaging, Sarva provides many of the daily necessities for the home’s residents. In addition to financial and material support, Sarva employees are required to spend 15 hours per month at the home. “They bring their families to spend time with the residents on birthdays and the like. It’s important because the residents’ actual families don’t visit.” Advancement at Sarva is partially linked to volunteering. Of his time in the States Dom says, “America taught me how to give. Americans have such big hearts. I want to bring this to India.” His next project is working to alleviate female infanticide in rural India.

It was a delight seeing everyone at the NJ Library Association meeting this month. Thanks to the entire IDI staff for all their hard work.

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Thank you for your business and warmest wishes!

Sincerely,

Marty

Martin Tannenbaum

Innovative Document Imaging