Today was my first day digitizing the Kappa Sigma scrapbook. The archivist brought me over to our digitization machine, called the BookEye, and showed me how to scan in the pages of the scrapbook. After the pages are scanned in, the images go into Adobe Photoshop, where we cut them to size and clean up the edges so that they aren't awkward to page through. Eventually, these will be saved as PDF files and .jpegs and turned into an online book that looks identical to the physical scrapbook held in the archives on campus.
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| BookEye Scanner - similar to what I'm using now |
Scanning images in, I have now learned, is somewhat tedious. So I have decided that I need to come up with a playlist for scanning, to make passing the time more interesting. Today's playlist was the soundtrack to Guardians of the Galaxy, because its eclectic mix of music from the late 1960s and the 1970s encompasses the feeling of many of the images that I was scanning today. Hopefully, next time I'm in the archives, I will be able to post some of the images that I've scanned! Until then, I'll keep looking into Greek life on campus, and learning more about the tools of the trade.
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| Quite literally an awesome mix of music |
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