Image and Text Digitization

For information on equipment and standards, see Digitization.

Tools

Hardware

Software

Procedures

Dealing with Archival Materials

• Requesting Materials
• Handling materials

Workflow

Overview

1. Collection Setup
2. Digitization
3. Quality Control
   • Renaming Files
4. Prep for Upload
5. Upload
6. Collection Completion

How to handle problems during scanning

• Material Anomalies -- Should this thing be scanned?
• Procedural Anomalies -- How should this thing be scanned?
• Metadata Anomalies -- What do I do about wonky metadata?
• Capture Anomalies -- What if I can't get a good capture?