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From books to bytes: accelerating digitization at TTU Libraries with Kirtas BookScan APT 2400 Jessica Lu Donell Callender Texas Tech University Libraries.

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1 From books to bytes: accelerating digitization at TTU Libraries with Kirtas BookScan APT 2400 Jessica Lu Donell Callender Texas Tech University Libraries

2 Outline A brief history Mechanical setup Pre-processing Post-processing Documentation and workflow Projects @ TTU Lessons learned

3 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…

4 The Machine

5 The Entourage Dual computers: Master and Slave Software APT Manager BookScan Editor OCR Manager Super Batch

6 Pre-processing Prepare the book: size and condition Adjust the mechanical settings Adjust APT Manager settings Scan setup File setup Metadata Image display

7 Post-processing Image editing & processing OCR options Two types of PDF Word XML TXT Super batch Quality control

8 Before and After

9 Documentation and Workflow Training Manual and Operation Documentation Book Digitization Option Checklist Book Digitization Option Checklist Book Digitization Quality Control/Quality Assurance Procedures Book Digitization Quality Control/Quality Assurance Procedures Metadata ingest for existing Marc records

10 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

11 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.

12 Questions? Documentation available at TTU Library Digital CollectionsTTU Library Digital Collections Contact us Jessica Lu zheng.lu@ttu.eduzheng.lu@ttu.edu Donell Callender donell.callender@ttu.edudonell.callender@ttu.edu TTU Digital Library Initiatives Team libraries_digilib@ttu.edu libraries_digilib@ttu.edu


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