Since beginning my digitization project I have scanned, organized, and stored a decent amount of material. However, I still have a great deal of material to scan. In this post I will share my experience so far.
Before starting to scan material I set up a scanning area to ensure optimal scan quality. For my initial set-up I used an old fluorescent desk lamp for lighting and a dark blue tablecloth as a background. The tablecloth was for contrast and to make it easier to determine the edges of materials to be scanned. At first I had difficulty getting the fluorescent desk lamp to work, but after I got it to work it gave off a lot of light and I was able to produce great scans. About an hour or two after I started scanning the lamp went out. I fiddled with the lamp for a bit, but I was unsuccessful at getting it to work again. This led me to seek out alternative light sources. As I did not have any more fluorescent lights, I switched to a gold five-bulb incandescent lamp instead. After using the incandescent lamp for a couple scans I checked the images and they appeared to be similar in quality to the ones produced with the fluorescent lamp. As a result, I decided to continue using the incandescent lamp for the rest of the project. While scanning I noticed it took a while for some scans to upload to the app on my Macbook Air from my IPod Touch. This delay in uploading increases the time it takes to digitize one article, but this isn’t really that much of an issue in the big picture as one can continue to scan other documents while recently scanned documents upload. While checking and organizing scans on my Macbook Air I noticed some scans were slightly blurred (luckily these were few and far between). As these blurred scans were often the readings (i.e. scanned assigned readings) I was taking pictures of I decided not to take on the onerous task of going back and rescanning all failures. The primary documents I wanted to scan were my notes and the documents I personally wrote. This being said I did go back and rescan some pages that warranted the extra effort (i.e. notes and/or readings I wanted to be sure I had). Those that warranted the extra effort were determined to be as such based on personal preference and how I felt at the time, but notes took a high precedence and I do not believe I failed to go back and rescan any notes when I noticed there was blurring. Readings are a different story as the option is available to locate physical or digital copies due to the great efforts of others in our society. So there have been a couple bumps, but overall my scanning experience has been smooth and fruitful. I plan to write another blog post when I’m finished scanning or if anything changes, but as I have a lot to scan this may take a while. This being said if you have any questions about my digitization project feel free to post them below and I will do my best to respond to them as soon as possible. Cheers!
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