Digitizing a book, from paper to online publishing

to turn scanner on

  • power supply on (on top red button)
  • lamp on (put plug in wall)

1. to start a new book (delete pics from bookscanner)

  • unplug the usb cable
  • put camera switch on play mode
  • turn camera on
  • press print button (to disable bookscanner script)
  • press "menu"
  • press "erase all"
  • turn off camera

2. to scan a book

  • disconnect usb cable !!
  • put camera switch on picture mode
  • press the power button on camera
  • press print button
  • on top of camera use the zoom thingie around shutter button to put the zoom on 3/1.7 (shows on the screen, first line on the right side)
  • press print button
  • check that the fabric on the bookscanner is well positioned, and that there is not too much sun or other light going in the scanner
  • take pictures
  • check for first couple of pictures that the counters show the same number on both camera's
  • when you are done taking pictures press the little erase button (+/-)
  • on screen it will say "FINISHED"
  • switch the mode switch to play mode
  • connect the usb cable to the computer
  • Click "Get pics from bookscanner" on the desktop
  • Choose new (press 1 and press enter)
  • type name and press enter
  • type catalog number (in case of Appelscha library its AAA and then the number from the excel sheet) for example AAA00023
  • when it says "exited with code: 0" everything was fine, if it gives a different code, copy complete terminal and put it in a file in /home/user/pusciicloud/bookscanning/errors
  • press enter to exit
3. tailor the book
  • click "start scantailor" on desktop
  • choose "existing book" (type 2 and then ENTER)
  • type the number of the book and press ENTER
  • scantailer will now start
  • do all the tailoring
  • click file-> save project
  • exit scantailor
  • press enter in the terminal

4. ocr the book and generate a pdf

  • Click "Make OCR and PDF" on the desktop
  • choose existing (type 2 and ENTER)
  • select book (number of book and ENTER)
  • press enter to exit
  • check the pdf in /home/user/pusciicloud/bookscanning/books/[name]/data/out
  • if pdf is not good, go back to "3. tailor the book"

5. upload the book to collaborative server

  • click "Upload Book" on the desktop
  • choose existing (type 2 and ENTER)
  • select book (number of book and ENTER)
  • wait while book gets send to server
  • when it says "exited with code: 0" everything was fine, in this case scan more books , if it gives a different code, copy complete terminal and put it in a file in /home/user/pusciicloud/bookscanning/errors
  • complain on xchat in the #lag channel if it never completes, or if it gives a code other then zero, or if there is other errors in the terminal
  • press enter to exit
  • if this step fails, you can still upload the pdf somewhere

6. publish the book somewhere

(shadow) libraries

  • https://gen.lib.rus.ec
  • https://anarcho-copy.org (turkish)