1. Digital Scanning at the Course Materials Program
Tyler Smeltekop
Manager

2. Who We Are
The MSU Course Materials Program is a one-stop shop at the MSU Library for faculty seeking to use third-party copyrighted content in their courses.
Print and electronic course packs
One-off permission clearance for posting content in LMS (D2L)
Stable Link creation

3. Our Digital Work All pack files are finalized as a PDF
For print packs, PDF ensures consistent printing and ease of editing
Our e-packs are PDFs, acting as functional documents with bookmarks and OCR, for screenreader accessibility and keyword searching
Generally, the same scanning and post-processing workflows are used for both types of packs

4. Challenges Faculty pull from a wide variety of sources
Websites
Electronic articles
Textbooks
Novels
Spec Coll primary sources
Limitations on usability of digitally-native formats
Producing consistent print output from low- quality sources

5. Tools We Use - Scanners
iVina A3 Bookedge Scanner
Canon DR 2020U

6. Tools We Use – Software ABBYY FineReader Adobe Acrobat X Pro
Quite Imposing Plus 3

7. Our Workflow Materials are scanned into ABBYY
Bookedge scanner can be told what size the originals are (i.e. 6”x9”), will automatically rotate
ABBYY can split two-up scans into one-up effortlessly
Manual cleanup of stray marks

8. Examples – Bleed Through

9. Examples – Bleed Through
Remedied via rescanning in higher def on B&W

10. Examples – Margins and Stray Marks
LOTS of precise masking

11. Examples – Margins and Stray Marks

12. Examples – Sizing

13. Examples - Sizing

14. For The Future Increased integration of special materials
Complex rights issues involved with digitizing content
Accessibility
Quality
Reimagining the “course pack”, alternate deliverable formats

15. Questions?

16. Course Materials Program