Finishing the First Scrapbook

Today, after a brief reminder of the computer passcode (apparently I added some extra parts that don't go), I managed to complete scanning of the Kappa Sigma scrapbook. The book also included a collection of photographs that had not been pasted into the scrapbook and a few newspaper clippings from the Springhillian about brothers and their activities on campus. A newsletter was also included, but due to the creases in the paper, it did not scan well, and so was not included.

After I had scanned all 89 images, the archivist and I sat down and pulled them into a single book, which we can later put onto a website or use for a digital collection. Readers can flip through the scrapbook and look at pictures and captions from the different events held by Kappa Sigma. 

In order to create this scrapbook, we had to pull all of our .jpeg images into Adobe Pro and reorganize them (Adobe likes to put everything in numeric order by the first digit, so it placed the pages as 1, 10, 11, 12, and so forth, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4). Once that was completed, I simply had to click a button and every file was converted into a .pdf, forming the book before my eyes. The book has been saved for future use, and I am preparing to create the first of the Phi Kappa Theta digital scrapbooks next.

I'm really excited that I've got one scrapbook down - there's a nice sense of accomplishment that goes along with finishing a part of the project.

I forgot to add this last week, but my playlist today was two different albums: The House that Dirt Built by The Heavy, and PTX Vol. II by Pentatonix. Both albums are very upbeat, although the album by The Heavy has a jazzy feel to it.