Scanning for Preservation and Access
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Instructor: Trudy Levy
Scanning for Preservation and Access
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This workshop is Part Two of a three part Digitization Series produced by Infopeople with sponsorship from the California Digital Library and Online Archive of California. Part Three of the Digitization Series is "Introduction to Metadata and Record-Building." Courses in this series may be taken individually; each course covers different material. Part One, "Managing Your Digitization Project," is already underway. Part One is a four-week distance learning workshop and Parts Two and Three are one-day, hands-on workshops. These workshops are designed to help California libraries develop and implement digitization projects, including projects funded through LSTA grants administered by the State Library of California. |
In today's library, scanning images both to preserve them and to make them more broadly accessible is a natural step in collection development and maintenance. But if your knowledge of scanning is limited to use of the library photocopier (Did you know a copier is a scanner?), then this workshop will bring you up to speed on questions such as:
- What scanner is appropriate for my project?
- How do I protect my fragile archival material while scanning?
- What are master and derivative images?
- What are pixels and pixel resolution, and what resolution is right for my images?
- If my image file is over 50MB, did I do something wrong?
- Should I be worried about RGB color space?
When you begin scanning for preservation and access, you must take control of the quality of your images. In this workshop you will learn how to select a scanner, to manage the scanning process, to understand, and to select and implement appropriate scanning standards. You'll also pick up some very practical tips and tricks to make scanning as easy as possible to accomplish.
Workshop Description: This all-day workshop will provide a full understanding of imaging standards and best practices, especially as specified in the California Digital Library's Imaging Standards and Best Practices guidelines. You will also learn how to use tools such as monitor calibration, Photoshop light levels, batch processing, and how to make the scanning process run more smoothly. This hands-on course offers many practical and useful tips that can be applied immediately to your scanning project at work or at home.
Topics To Be Covered:
- What a Scanner Does
- Scanning process step-by-step
- RGB versus CMYK color space
- Finding you scanner's sweet spot
- Setting Standards
- Image resolution - pixel size, extrapolation, optical
- File compression - when to use it and how
- File types - TIF, JPG, GIF, PDF
- Using file directories to save you time later
- Modifying the Image - When and How
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- Scanner software - using ICE, ROC, TWAIN
- More on color space: gamma, white point and levels
- Photoshop tips - unsharp mask
- Good Practices and Quality Control
- Maintaining consistency - color charts and scales
- Color management
- Batch process
Who Should Attend: Anyone in a California library who is about to undertake a digitization project that involves doing the scanning in-house; who is planning a scanning project and wants to know exactly what is involved from a functional perspective; or who is interested in adding this valuable skill to his or her repertoire.
Prerequisites: While knowledge of Adobe's Photoshop is not required, a familiarity with their toolbar and palette layout would be beneficial.
Please Note: There is a $75.00 fee for this workshop. Infopeople does not provide parking passes, lunch or refreshments.
