Digitization of a 442-Year-Old German Manuscript at the Libraries Tech Center

Join Digitization Program Manager Amy McCrory as she demonstrates the process of carefully digitizing a 442-year-old German language manuscript from The Ohio State University's Rare Books & Manuscripts Library.

[BTarpley]

This was INCREDIBLY interesting, thank you! Our family has a family bible dating back to 1777 Colonial Virginia, and I'd like to have it examined/preserved, but some of the writings are faded/not clearly visible. What are the current techniques for recovering "lost" writings? We live in CA now, but would consider bringing it anywhere in the US to someone that would help, BC our family doesn't otherwise have the means to cover forensic level document recovery 🤣

[ronaldmcbridge]

It would be helpful if you can share the software and equipment you are using to digitize these books and manuscripts. I have so many manuscripts that I am currently digitizing from my collection and I am currently using opensource software to digitize them.

[DrVickyJo]

I'm surprised that you aren't wearing gloves to handle the book? I thought that oils from human fingers were very destructive to such materials, so I found this puzzling. Any comment?

[vincentlefebvre]

Hi, what is she doing at 1:56 with the thread ? Thank you.

[joshuaprime]

No reason to have a mask for voiceovers. It was hard to understand. Germs cannot spread through the internet