from books to bytes: accelerating digitization at ttu libraries with kirtas bookscan apt 2400...
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From books to bytes: accelerating digitization at TTU Libraries with Kirtas BookScan
APT 2400
Jessica LuDonell Callender
Texas Tech University Libraries
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Outline A brief history Mechanical setup Pre-processing Post-processing Documentation and workflow Projects @ TTU Lessons learned
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A Brief History The need to digitize….and to do it fast What to start with (local relevance,
national interest) Identify the book scanner A $130,000 grant from the Helen
Jones Foundation “First in the Nation…”
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The Machine
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The Entourage Dual computers: Master and Slave Software
APT Manager BookScan Editor OCR Manager Super Batch
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Pre-processing Prepare the book: size and condition Adjust the mechanical settings Adjust APT Manager settings
Scan setup File setup Metadata Image display
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Post-processing Image editing & processing OCR options
Two types of PDF Word XML TXT
Super batch Quality control
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Before and After
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Documentation and Workflow Training Manual and
Operation Documentation Book Digitization Option
Checklist Book Digitization Quality
Control/Quality Assurance Procedures Metadata ingest for existing Marc
records
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Accelerated Digitization The projects are lining up:
The Prigmore Collection (donor materials)
Rare Books Theses and Dissertations (14,075 items) Functionalism in American
Psychology:1880-1920
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Lessons Learned The need for more scanners or more
shifts to fully utilize the capacity of the scanner
14,075*3/40/52=20 years! Tailoring the workflow for your own
institution Train the operators…and retain them.
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Questions? Documentation available at
TTU Library Digital Collections Contact us
Jessica Lu [email protected] Donell Callender [email protected] TTU Digital Library Initiatives Team