Day archives: November 22nd, 2012

BFS-Auto: High Speed Book Scanner at over 250 pages/min

YouTube: “BFS-Auto can achieve high-speed and high-definition book digitization at over 250 pages/min using the original media format. This performance is realized by three key points: high-speed fully-automated page flipping, real-time 3D recognition of the flipped pages, and high-accuracy restoration to a flat document image. This system is toward the practical use in 2013.”

Subjects: Libraries

Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2013 Corporate Equality Index

“Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2013 Corporate Equality Index is the national benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT employees. This year, the CEI saw the largest growth in the survey’s history — with 54 new businesses opting in — proving that Corporate America is committed to LGBT equality. In addition, a record …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Legal Research

U.Va. Study Identifies Four Family Cultures in America

“Four types of family cultures – the Faithful, the Engaged Progressives, the Detached and the American Dreamers – are molding the next generation of Americans, a three-year study by the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture finds. The project findings are being released Thursday at a national conference in Washington, D.C. Each …

Subjects: Knowledge Management