[bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 36 books today
- From: Pam Quinn <quinns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 14:08:58 -0500
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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