Scanning


Spec scans archival materials for patron inquiries, inter-departmental requests, and other digitization projects such as digital collections. When a part or a whole collection has been scanned, they are marked with orange “SCANNED” stickers (located in the processing room).

When transferring files to patrons that are too large to send via email, use the free file transfer site WeTransfer. Creating a free account is not required.

Documentation and instruction for scanning can be found on the University of Idaho Library Digital Collections Team documentation site.

Scanning

  1. Intro to Scanning
  2. File Naming
  3. Scanning Images
  4. Scanning Documents

Advanced Processing

  1. Batch Convert Tiff to Jpeg
  2. Batch Convert Jpeg Size
  3. Editing in Photoshop
  4. Scanning and Processing Negatives
  5. Optical Character Recognition
  6. Reduce PDF File Size
  7. List File Names