Since all documentation is required electronically, you may occasionally need to scan documents that you receive in hard copy. Scanning locations are located throughout all campuses. Below is a list of locations with scanning services for both high-volume and low-volume (do it yourself) scanning and their associated costs.
For information on purchasing a scanner contact your department computer support.
IMPORTANT When requesting scanning services, be sure to request low to medium quality PDFs as your output. Normally a resolution of 300-600dpi is sufficient for documents submitted in eResearch. This resolution also keeps the file size low, which is very important for larger documents due to the upload size limit.
If you have questions about scanning your documents, contact eres.inform@umich.edu.
For high-volume scanning (professional services)
UM Printing Services - Locations
On premises scanning services:
Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Davidson Hall
701 Tappan
Room D-0253
(734) 764-8266
Law School
Legal Research Building
801 Monroe Street
Room 158
(734) 764-0348
Michigan Union
530 S. State Street
Ground Level (inside Computer Showcase)
Room G-312
(734) 615-4532
Printing Services
1919 Green Road
Room B-101
(734) 647-0507
The following locations offer free drop-off and pick-up services to the other scanning locations.
North Ingalls Building
300 N. Ingalls
Room 1D11
(734) 763-9350
School of Education
610 East University
Room 1214
(734) 764-8413
Costs:
Images from 8-1/2 x 11 size paper are scanned at a rate of $70 per hour at minimum (approximately 200 pages). Different sizes including 8-1/2 x 17 or 8-1/2 x 14 are generally scanned using the per hour flat rate.
Booking binding is available in either plastic, tape (soft) or Cerlox (hard plastic – flat) with the tape being the cheapest at $.85 and Cerlox just under $1.00 (depending on size of job).
Processing Time:
2-3 days
File types:
Stored on CD as PDF or TIFF
Office hours:
7:30am – 4pm, Monday – Friday
Contact:
Shareen, 7-0507
Locations:
530 Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
2800 State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Costs:
No minimum page amount, flat fee of $.25 a page for 8-1/2 x 11, mixed paper sizes are $10 each/job
Book Binding – theirs is called Perfect Bind ($25 setup and $5 for the bind), and there are the coil, tape, and comb (i.e. notebook) $3.95 - $4.95.
Processing Time:
1-2 day for 8-1/2 x 11 and up to one week for mix volume/paper size
File Type:
Stored on CD as .PDF
Office hours:
8 -10pm Monday – Friday
10- 6pm Sat - Sun
Contact:
761-4539
For low-volume scanning (Do It Yourself)
To use these locations, you will need an MCard and a uniqname/kerberos password.
- Taubman Medical Library
- Duderstadt Center - Groundworks (instructions)
- Shapiro Science Library - 3rd floor, Tahiti computer island (low volume scanning only)
- Digital Learning Lab - School of Dentistry, Room 3052
- Any campus computing site:
- Adaptive Technology Computing Site (PC)
- Angell Hall (Mac & PC)
- Art & Architecture (Mac & PC)
- Caident (Mac & PC)
- Learning Resource Center (Mac & PC)
- Michigan Union (PC)
- School of Education (New Media Center) (Mac)
- School of Music (Mac)
- School of Natural Resources (PC)
- School of Nursing (Mac & PC)
- School of Public Health (PC)
- School of Social Work (PC)
- Shapiro Undergraduate Library (Mac & PC)
- West Hall (PC)
- Administrative Service Building, near room 2213, (outside conference room Ruby)
