Digitization Committee

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1 Committee Members
2 Digitization Instructions
3 Schedule/Timeline
4 Meetings and Minutes
5 Information
6 Questions
7 White Paper
8 Resources

[edit] Committee Members

Elizabeth Brown

Wendy Brown

Joshua Parker

Contact/point person: Elizabeth Brown elizabeth.brown2 at simmons.edu

[edit] Digitization Instructions

Scanning Instructions [1]

Editing and Creating Access Files Instructions

After you have scanned your page at the archive use the instructions below to create the your access files. We recommend that you start with the instructions for the whole page and then move to the item level cropping instructions.

Naming Files

[edit] Schedule/Timeline

Locate best scanner DONE
Coordinate with Jason and Linnea DONE
Move scanner to archives DONE
Test scanner and software DONE
Make scanning wiki schedule w/ Jason DONE
Wait for Digital Preservation com scanning guidelines DONE
Write step by step instructions for scanning, conforming to dig pres guidelines DONE
Create naming guidelines DONE
Test instructions DONE
Distribute to class DONE
Ongoing monitoring of scanner, naming and image resolution guidelines and timeline

Research best scanning practices and write white paper

[edit] Meetings and Minutes

Digitization Committee Meetings and Minutes

[edit] Information

Scanner is Epson Expression 1640 XL

uses Epson Scan software

OCR compatible scans

1200 dpi scan of one book page took 10 minutes

[edit] Questions

Will we be OCRing? Yes if we have time. Each scanner will do that on the tech lab computers.

What is the difference between multi tif and tif?

Who will be editing and cropping images? the scanner or digitization team? Each scanner will be editing

Where will be saving the files? First in Y drive and then in LIS 462 web space TBD

What are the most common image sizes in the scrapbooks? What resolutions should each size be scanned at?

Should we use the Professional Mode in Epson SW? (probably yes because it allows us to use 48-bit color)

Do we want one master file and make derivatives? How many derivatives (and what formats should they be)? Should the master file leave space around the image to show "proof of edge"?

We might have to make sure the Epson SW is configured to scan the whole flatbed (choose large for window size). It wasn't defaulted to this in the tech lab.