Dear Friends,
I am undertaking a project for a friend to scan a diary from the
1890s. It is over 100 pages in a thin notebook 8.5 x 7.25 inches.
Much of it is written in pencil and is hard to read, even in the
original. It also includes drawings in ink. Thanks to excellent
advice last year from ARLIS, I have a high-quality Epson scanner that
can handle these double pages at 1200 dpi; I also have a recent iMac.
Assuming that the individual images may be large, should they be
linked together in a single, huge file, or should each pair of facing
pages have its own file? Is there some common priactice among
archivists? If not, is one choice better than the other? What about
labeling the file or files?
I can get some expert help easily to enhance the legibility with
Photoshop, if necessary.
Many thanks in advance.
Cordially,
Larry
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Laurence McGilvery
Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
Post Office Box 852
La Jolla, California 92038
USA
(858) 454-4443
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www.mcgilvery.com
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