[bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 36 books today

And that's why my local library loves me so much, ha ha. Oh well.

Pam

On Tue, 24 May 2005 12:14:53 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Lissi,
>It can be a challenge to get books flat enough on the scanner so that you 
>don't miss text from the margins, but it can be done. first, before you start 
>scanning the book, open it at different places and pull it open as far as you 
>can to stretch the finding. You can also do this and then lay the book 
>face-down on a hard surface and mash down the binding. Do this at several 
>places in the book. When you're actually scanning the book, you need to hold 
>down the binding against the glass. The best thing to do is take the cover off 
>the scanner and press your hand or arm down on the back of the book. It's a 
>good idea to either read the book as you scan, or else check every once in a 
>while to make sure the pages are still scanning well. There's nothing more 
>frustrating than getting going on a scanning project and when you're done 
>finding that 2/3 of the book needs to be rescanned because the binding wasn't 
>held down.
>
>It will be great to have your contributions to the collection! Feel free to 
>ask any questions you have about scanning.
>Kellie

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