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Category: Digitization

Comparing Digital Materials from Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Comparing Digital Materials from Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig

A hands-on comparison of the digital materials from the manuscript collections of the Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek Munich, and the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig

Comparing Digital Materials from Paris
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Comparing Digital Materials from Paris

A hands-on comparison of the digital materials from the manuscript collections of Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF, Paris), and a review of … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from Paris

The future of document scanning: we are not there yet
Digitization, Equipment, Software

The future of document scanning: we are not there yet

Evernote’s new automatic document scanner is an interesting look at how we will be able to scan text materials with … Continue reading The future of document scanning: we are not there yet

Comparing Digital Materials from Tehran
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Comparing Digital Materials from Tehran

A hands-on comparison of the quality of digital materials offered by the manuscript collections from Tehran. Digitization projects have been taken … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from Tehran

Comparing Digital Materials from Istanbul
Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Comparing Digital Materials from Istanbul

A hands-on comparison of the quality of digital materials offered by the manuscript collections from Istanbul. Digitization projects have been taken … Continue reading Comparing Digital Materials from Istanbul

Talking about DO at MELA
DH in General, Digitization

Talking about DO at MELA

On Thursday, November 20, I gave a talk about the Digital Orientalist at the conference of the Middle East Librarians … Continue reading Talking about DO at MELA

Project Digitize It All: Timed Example
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Timed Example

Here is a quick overview of the time involved getting a paper copy of a book into a workable, decent … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Timed Example

Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)

Click here to see in five minutes how I create fully searchable black and white PDFs from photos. Such files … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Post-Production Editing (Video)

Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera

For  digitizing a couple of dozen books at home, fast, I decided to use a digital camera. In this post I detail exactly … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: Using a Digital Camera

Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath
DH in General, Digitization

Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath

A while ago I announced the start of a digitization project for my personal collection. At this point, the project is … Continue reading Project Digitize It All: The Aftermath

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