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.