Scanner recommendations?

[ffutures]

Anyone know of any library scanners that aren't hideously expensive? A lot of the books I work with won't stay flat easily, or have very fragile pages, and are getting a little more damaged every time I put them on the scanner. Something like a saddle-style (inverted V) scanner would help a lot, but they're VERY expensive. I think that there are alternatives that use cameras, but I don't know much about them.

Comments

[turol.livejournal.com]

You can try this: DIY High-Speed Book Scanner from Trash and Cheap Cameras (http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-High-Speed-Book-Scanner-from-Trash-and-Cheap-C/)

Also points you to diybookscanner.org (http://www.diybookscanner.org) but it appears to be down at the moment.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

I looked at that, but the darkroom conditions thing is a bit too limiting for my purposes.