Hesburgh Libraries

Learn how to create user-friendly and professional-looking scans using Hesburgh Library’s resources, whether for teaching, research, or personal use.

This workshop will cover the following:

1. Getting the best out of library scanners (overhead scanner for bound books, automated document feeder for separate pages, and the KIC software)
2. A brief note on other image sources
3. Streamlined cropping with BRISS
4. Amending geometrical distortions, cleaning up unwanted marks and uneven colorations, and performing OCR (optical character recognition) with ABBYY FineReader

There are no prerequisites, but participants are encouraged to bring their laptop to the session and have a PDF file ready to work on.

Presented by Anton Povzner, 5+1 Postdoctoral Intern, Department of English