Imaging Innovations from IDI and DMM, April 2016

In April IDI completed digitizing a high profile Shakespeare Collection. The Shakespeare in Performance is an essential resource for all scholars of Shakespearean drama, featuring rare and unique prompt books from the world-famous Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.

The prompt books tell the stories of key performances as they were performed in theatres throughout Great Britain, the United States and further afield, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. In a mixture of handwritten manuscripts and printed typescripts, often interspersed with personal notes, sketches, and cues for lighting and music, this resource takes users behind the scenes to shine a light on how the Bard’s timeless works have been interpreted by theatre companies, actors and directors across the centuries. Researchers can follow how each production unfolded, see what amendments were made to the lines and stage management over the years as audiences and social culture changed, and explore the influences and connections between different productions of the same play.  The resource also contains carefully curated case studies built around 17 selected performances, using important supporting material such as photographs, costume designs and music scores to highlight key aspects of each production.

IDI also started another large 700,000 page Pharmaceutical conversion in Massachusetts.  In February and in March IDI shredded 3,800 boxes of files we scanned for a Pharmaceutical Co. from September to December.  IDI is proud of all our employees who completed this enormous task which required a double shift and operating 7 days a week.

The IDI Library and Historical Society Seminar planned for April 21stincludes a tour of the new IDI facility still has a few openings.  Please call for your reservation.  We are serving lunch and there will be a drawing for a laptop PC.

IDI has used Konica Minolta book scanners for sale including Scan Divas, PS7000c’s, PS5000’s and PS7000MKII’s. These units are in excellent condition and come with PCs and software. These units are perfect for scanning books or other bound publications and for inter-library loans.   IDI is a Konica Minolta re-seller and we have maintained the units very well and will provide training and warranties with the units.  Please call for pricing.

IDI’s Digital Memory Media completed a large conversion of 450 VHS videos for the FBI in March and we kicked off the Spring Fund Raising events in March and we have the following sessions scheduled. IDI can

run 3 sessions simultaneously on a Saturday. Please call to reserve an event for your Library Historical Society or Religious Organization. Dates are filling up fast.

Digital Media Memory now offers free pick-up and delivery in the Metropolitan area for orders exceeding $500.  IDI will also send an experienced technician or marketing rep to answer questions, consult and write-up the orders.