I just wanted to say thank you to all of those who offered advice and recommendations in regards to my query about scanning film and slides.   I put together a very informal list of options and have pasted it below.

Thank you all again!  

Digital Scanning Services
Creekside Digital
•http://www.creeksidedigital.com/
•required sorting an labeling of files when returned; also had to be coded for viewing on internet archive
•For an estimated 2000 frames or less
o~$1.85/slide and $3.70/negative frame
o5000 DPI
oUse a hard drive to deliver digital versions (~$125)
oNot on GSA schedule
White Glove Scanning
•http://www.whiteglovescanning.com/
•0-249 slides - $0.57/slide at 2000ppi
•0-249 negatives - $0.55/negative at 2000ppi
Larsen Digital 
•http://www.slidescanning.com/
•$0.35/35mm slide (2000 DPI)
•$0.35/35mm negative frame (2000 DPI)
Digifi
•http://dijifi.com/
•Standard (2000dpi) Resolution Direct (includes digital ICE, optimal scanning, quality checking, rotation, efficient cropping, efficient correction)
o$0.59/slide or negative frame
•Standard (2000dpi) Resolution Complete (includes above plus close cropping and improved correction)
o$0.68/slide or negative frame


Film and Slide Scanners
Nikon Super Coolscan - $6500.00
•Recommendation from listserv – used to scan 30,000+ slides
•http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-Super-CoolScan-9000-Scanner/dp/B0001DYUDE/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1367004918&sr=1-2&keywords=Nikon+Super+CoolScan 
•with adapter to scan 50 slides at a time - $750.00
ohttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0001AVVRA/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=1535523722&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0001DYUDE&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0XCX0HF5Y2YBAW3FX5YW 
Epson Perfection series
•Recommendation from listserv (series number unknown)
oscan 2 sheets of negative film at a time or five slides
o600 pages or 20,000 negatives took about 5.5 months of only doing that
ochoose a wide range of options to get the best image and I think it does a pretty good job
•http://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/jsp/ProductCategory.do?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&oid=-16223
•Epson Perfection V33 - $79.99
•Epson Perfection V330 - $99.99
•Epson Perfection V37 - $99.99
•Epson Perfection V370 – $129.99
•Epson Perfection V500 - $149.99
•Epson Perfection V600 - $209.99
•Epson Perfect V700 - $739.99
•Epson Perfection V750-M Pro - $949.99
oUsed by Veterans Curation Program
ION Film2 SD - $130.00
•Recommendation from listserv – 
osave digital images of slides and negatives to SD card
oeasy to use and good quality
owill have to go online for user manual
oSD card included
Plustek Opticfilm 7600i AI
•Recommendation from listserv
oHighly recommended by other archaeology colleague
oSmall
oEasy to use
oGreat results      
•Discontinued, see OpticFilm 8200Ai - $429.00
VuPoint Solutions FS-C1-VP - $70.00
•Recommendation from listserv
oTakes about 5 minutes per slide to digitize
Epson Expression 10000XL - $4000.00
•Recommendation from listserv
•Discontinued product

Amanda

Amanda Vtipil
Curator, Regional Archaeological Curation Facility
Contractor (Versar, Inc.)
DPW-EMO, Fort Lee, VA
804.734.4436
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