Quick Summary
The Scan for Keeps program was developed to provide equipment for community scanning events and digitization projects around the state. Kits are available for libraries, historical societies, and other organizations to encourage community engagement and foster preservation education.
Did you know that the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) has high-quality scanners available for organizations to borrow? Our Scan for Keeps program was developed to provide equipment for community scanning events and digitization projects around the state. Kits are available for libraries, historical societies, and other organizations to encourage community engagement and foster preservation education.
Since the launch of this scanning program in 2016, MDL has loaned equipment kits to organizations as varied as the Stearns History Museum, the Arrowhead Library System, the Hmong Museum, the Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum, the Hallie Q Brown Center, and the Douglas County Library. These organizations have used our scanners to digitize their own collections, as well as items owned by patrons in their communities.
We have a regular-sized scanner and an oversized scanner available to borrow. Each kit also includes a laptop and instructions for creating high resolution scans of photographs, documents, slides, and transparencies.
If you are interested in borrowing a Scan for Keeps kit, please fill out this request form. We will use this information to check scanner availability and make specific arrangements with you directly. For more information on the Scan for keeps program, visit the MDL website or contact us at mino@umn.edu.
