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Becoming PoD People
Jamie D. BradwayPreservation Librarian
NCSU Libraries
February 11, 2011
A Few Notes (Admissions)
We don't have a Print on Demand Program No charged committee or task force No mandate to prioritize PoD services over other
services
Our digital collection (that would be considered for PoD) is small Most monographic material would be pulled from
items digitized by the OCA.
Digital Content
Open Content Alliance (Internet Archive) 3,195 items scanned between February 2008 and
February 2010 Wide variety of file formats
Technical Reports, University Publications
Some Goals
Ultimately, a 'Buy a Print Copy' option for all eligible digital content
Within reach, offer a PoD 'store-front' of titles selected from our OCA collection (along with additional titles digitized for this purpose.)
Chronology
Public Domain Reprints – Feb. 2008 First try, out of curiosity Prepared by publicdomainreprints.org Printed and shipped by Lulu
Title: Origin of Cultivated Plants, 1881
Result follows...
Origin of Cultivated Plants
Lulu, July 2008
Traditional Binderies
The HF Group
Will process files for print Will print intermittent color pages as
necessary Will charge a lot more Will have a longer turnaround
Bridgeport National
Poor choice of title
Better Choice of Title
Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophilia
Lulu - right down the street
Moved into the neighborhood in 2009 Very interested in having a library partner Think of Lulu as a vendor, not a service
FedEx/Kinkos (really!)
• Digital textbooks
• Single or small runs to add to collection
• Collate color pages
NCSU gets Caffeinated
Espresso Book Machine installed at Bookstore March 2010 Merger of Copy services with Bookstore
Limitations Irregular PDF's Color Trim size less than 8.5” x 11”
Prepping Files
The crux of the problem Cannot be fully automated with good results and
free software Have developed workarounds that minimizes staff
supervision Irfanview Scan Tailor Various home brewed scripts
Processing will take ~4 hours per for average book
Getting to the Next Stage
• Working proof of concept
• Storefront of a few dozen titles
• Continue to seek highly automated process
• Kirtas’s Bookscan Editor?
• Develop use cases and investigate Digitize on Demand
Links
Vendors:
• Lulu – http://www.lulu.com
• Print on Demand Reprints –
• http://www.publicdemandreprints.org• Kirtas – http://www.kirtas.com
• On Demand Books (Espresso) –
• http://www.ondemandbooks.com• The HF Group – http://www.thehfgroup.com
• Bridgeport – http://www.bnbindery.com
More Links
Services and software:
• DIY Bookscanner – www.diybookscanner.org
• Scan Tailor – http://scantailor.sourceforge.net
• IrfanView – http://www.irfanview.com
Questions?
Thanks very much.