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Bibliographical Coding Manual

OCR

The majority of documents imaged only require black and white. On a less frequent basis, we may need color images. The following are our standards:

• Black and White images should be 300 DPI, Group IV TIFF;
• Single page TIFF images;
• Color images should be discussed on a per image or per document type basis;

Please use the following guidelines, borrowed from Adobe’s recommendations when scanning images:

• Choose grayscale for variable contrast pages in the scanning software.
• Increase brightness and contrast by 10% for text on colored paper, or filter out the background if your scanner includes that option in the scanning software.
• Adjust manual brightness control on the scanner if your scanner includes that option (for example, a knob).
• Use 16-bit color or less; 24-bit color images take considerably more system resources in the scanning software.
• Don't use any dithering or half toning options in the scanning software.

Oversized Documents
Every oversized document should result in two pages in the database. The first page shows a legend, Bates or any other identifying marks. The second page should be a full-scale image.

Should the document be a five-foot color map, a full-sized .JPG may be required. In this case, an accompanying first page black and white image of just the map legend is still required.

Bibliographical Coding Manual

OCR