MiniScanYour Compact Digitisation Solution

With a company steeped in such history,

Christie's archives house a wealth of

information with catalogues, books and

documents that date back to its founding.

Such information is often requested by

those simply intrigued by what has fallen

under the hammer to those prospective

buyers looking to learn about the history

of their intended purchases.

Looking after the company's archives in

London falls to head archivist and librarian

Lynda McLeod who, along with her team,

manage and look after this valuable collection.

With daily requests for information, it's their job

to find, collect and present all that there is to

know within the pages of the sale catalogues

with great care taken in handling information

that may be centuries old.

BDM Technology already had a strong working

relationship with Christie's with the company

supplying its BookMaster book friendly copier,

the ideal solution for the safe copying of the

firm's delicate collections but with the advent of

the digital age, Christie's were looking for a

solution to complement the BookMaster system

yet open the world of digitisation to them.

''Trialling the new

MiniScan in Christie's

Archives was a pleasure.

Our aim is to avoid using

flat-bed photocopiers as

often as possible, and

our BookMaster Copier

is black and white so for

colour images this

mini-gem is perfect.''

Choosing the right product was key for

Christie's and while BDM already offered a

complete range of solutions, they did not

meet the client's ideal specification of an

affordable and compact overhead scanner.

This lead BDM to investigate bringing to

market such a solution; a compact scanner

offering the features and benefits of its

larger rivals but at a more obtainable price.

The task of finding such a solution fell to

BDM Technology's Managing Director

Martyn Price and his team who would try

and find this missing link in the market price;

''Having learnt that there was a

requirement for a new affordable

overhead book scanner, BDM set about

looking for solutions for their

requirements. It would need to offer

key features yet at a new affordable

price. We have always being heavily

involved in supplying the library and

archiving sectors with specialist

equipment and using this knowledge

we managed to fulfil this task and bring

to the sector, MiniScan.''

Christie's Archives Discover Precious Mini-Gem Christie's, a company recognized as one of the best auction

houses in the world. Founded in 1766 by James Christie, it has

played host to some of the most important auctions during the last four centuries and still

continues today to offer the chance of owning some of the world's most rare and precious items.

C A S E S T U D Y Christie's Archives, London

Tel: 0845 466 7281 Fax: 0845 466 7381 www: www.bdm-technology.com Email: enquiries@bdmbusinesssolutions.com

Martyn PriceManaging Director - BDM Technology Limited

Lynda McLeodChristie's Head Archivist and Librarian

MiniScanYour Compact Digitisation Solution

As with any new product, customer testing

is key to making sure it meets its key

requirements while gaining vital feedback to

put into the products future development.

Christie's was the ideal candidate to trial

MiniScan for a period of time and we

approached Lynda McLeod to give

MiniScan is first big challenge.

''Trialling the new mini-scanner in

Christie's Archives was a pleasure. Our

aim is to avoid using flat-bed photocopiers

as often as possible and our Bookmaster

copier is black & white, so for colour

images this mini-gem is perfect.

The department holds Christie's sale

catalogues dating back to 1766, many

are fragile, however the information

contained within the bound volumes

needs to be sent by email to our

colleagues around the globe. The mini-

scan is better than a hand held camera

and cheaper than a full-on digital book

scanner. So far, so good!''

MiniScan is the new compact overhead

scanner that is available in either A4 or A3

model sizes. Able to scan from books,

documents, photos and much more, users

need no specialist training with the product

complete with easy to use software (which

''Having learnt that

there was a requirement

for a new affordable

overhead bookscanner,

BDM set about looking

for solutions for their

requirements. It would

need to offer key

features yet at a new

affordable price.''

includes OCR) that enables images to be

scanned in under 1 second! Other features

include auto focusing plus switchable LED

lights for extra lighting.

BDM Technology has since supplied

Christie's with a range of MiniScan products

to help continue the archives' important

work in bringing the past lots to life.

Other major companies and organisations

have also chosen MiniScan for their

digitalisation needs with many seeing the

MiniScan range as the ideal tool to bring

their archives into the digital age and at a

new affordable price that has never been

truly seen before. It seems the market has

finally found its compact but powerful

mass market solution.

To learn about MiniScan with a free

information pack or to arrange a free,

no obligation on site demonstration,

contact the BDM Technology team;

Visit: www.bdm-technology.com

E-mail:enquiries@bdmbusinesssolutions.com

Call: 0845 466 7281

For more information regarding Christie's

range of services please contact them;

Visit: www.christies.com

E-mail:info@christies.com

Call: 0207 839 9060

Christie's Archives Discover Precious Mini-Gem

C A S E S T U D Y Christie's Archives, London

Tel: 0845 466 7281 Fax: 0845 466 7381 www: www.bdm-technology.com Email: enquiries@bdmbusinesssolutions.com

Lynda McLeod

Christie's Head Archivist and Librarian

Martyn PriceManaging Director - BDM Technology Limited