Orchid Project Scanning

Minolta Overhead Scanner

List of books to be scanned: 1) Woodlands Orchids, Boyle 2) L’Orchidophile, Buysson 3) Stein’s Orchideenbuch 4) Orchid Grower’s Manual, Williams 5) Journal des Orchidees: bound volumes for 1891, 1892, 1893

The above books can be found in Special Collections. The books do not belong to us so a book must be picked up each morning and returned to Special Collections before 5pm.

The everything must be scanned including the front and back covers.

Scanning Specifications: The books should be scanned in Grayscale; 400 dpi; jpg format

Color Flatbed Scanners

List of books to be scanned: Orchid World Journal: six volumes (please take special care with the tissue paper covering the illustrated pages) Journals des Orchidees: bound volume for 1890 Journal des Orchidees: three bound volumes (individual issues grouped together with pink ties)

Scanning Specifications: The books scanned on the flatbed scanners should be scanned at color photo-best; 400 dpi; TIF compressed.