SCSL Digital Collections Workflow and Procedures

The South Carolina State Library is now digitizing collections of state documents for its digital library, powered by DSpace. The digital library will be available online soon. Below are instructions used by staff members to scan, edit, quality control, catalog, and upload documents. These instructions are in .docx format and are subject to change as we continue to develop best practices.

Scanning with Flatbed Scanners

• Flatbed Scanner Digitization Procedures
• Settings for Flatbed Scanning
• Epson page on the Epson Expression 10000XL scanner

Scanning with BookEye Scanner

• OPUS FreeFlow & Bookeye Scanner Procedures
• Settings for BookEye Scanner
• DLSG page on the Bookeye 3 A2 scanner

Scanning with Canon Scanner

• Capture Perfect 3.0 & Canon Scanner Procedures
• Settings for Canon Scanner

Quality Control

• Quality Control Inspection Procedures
• Quality Control Inspection Procedures for Harvested Online Documents

Metadata & DSpace

• Digital Collections Metadata Schema (Excel Spreadsheet)
• DSpace Item Submission Procedures
• Style Guide for Metadata for SC State Documents Depository
• Dublin Core Metadata Terms

Edoc Conversion to DSpace

Coming Soon

SC Collections and Digitization