We've been using electronic reserves for about four years, and have
always used pdf files--many that include images of some sort. A few
things we've learned along the way: we scan at 300 dpi to get
reasonably good images without creating huge files; we're very careful
about cropping away any black borders because those, too, contribute to
file size; we use the "reduce file size" option in Adobe to compress
files further. Many of the problems we've seen in the past have been
directly related to file size, and the more we have done to reduce file
size, the fewer problems our users have had.
Tom
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Tom Riedel
Distance Services Librarian
Regis University D-20
3333 Regis Blvd
Denver, CO 80221-1099
303.458.4261
fax: 303.964.5497
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From: ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY DISCUSSION LIST [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of b.j. irvine
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 10:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] E-Reserves and images
Yes, we just started providing e-reserves this January for our art
history classes. We have a hpscanjet 5550c attached to a pc. We scan
from xerox copies and then these are uploaded to the campus e-reserves
system. bj irvine
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Brooke Henderson wrote:
> Dear ARLIS Colleagues,
>
> Are any of you currently using E-Reserves of articles
> with images, and if so, how are they being produced
> and stored?
>
> My institution is working towards implementing
> E-Reserves, and our Art dept is currently trying this
> out with one course. The IS staff involved with
> producing the E-Reserve files currently provide us
> with PDFs of the articles (with the images blocked
> out); then they go back and scan the images from these
> same articles to save and store them in a separate
> file. Apparently there are tech problems with
> scanning, storing, and opening E-Reserves PDF files
> that include images. I have a meeting tomorrow to
> learn more about the process, but I would love any
> information/ideas/insights from those of you who are involved with or
> utilize electronic reserves containing images.
>
> I don't need info about copyright...that is managed
> here quite well. My inquiry is more about the
> mechanics of the actual production of E-Reserves.
>
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Brooke E. Henderson
> Art Librarian
> Wellesley College
>
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