SW Tools


In this section, you will find guidelines on how to use specific software tools employed in the document digitization process at Charles University.


All guidelines are available for download after logging in with your university email and password on the Microsoft Sharepoint platform. After clicking on the "Get access" link, you will be redirected to the login form. After entering a valid university email address and logging in via CAS CU, the relevant manual will be displayed.


Please note: the guides are written in Czech.


ProArc

Processing Periodicals

The current version of the guidelines for processing periodicals in ProArc software.


Processing Monographs

The current version of the guidelines for processing monographic publications in ProArc software.


ScanTailor

Image editing of scans

A guide to the ScanTailor software for editing scanned images (straightening scans to match the text lines, cropping, etc.).


Working with Files

Renaming Files and Generating Checksums

The current version of the guidelines to batch renamin files and generating file checksums using IrfanView.


Uploading Scanned Documents to an FTP Server

Uploading the Digitization Output to an FTP Server

The current version of the guide for uploading scans to an FTP server using WinSCP.





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Digitization Centre

The establishment of the Charles University Digitization Centre was supported by the project Vytvoření infrastruktury pro Centrum e-learningu (reg. no.: CZ.02.2.67/0.0/0.0/16_016/0002301).


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