Archive.org Scanning and Uploading

Mr2021 · 25 September 2021 01:54

For the RetroChallenge 2021 I am planning to scan and upload documents to archive.org and then create a collections for all scanned documents that the ACMS has (and there are plenty) that are not currently on archive.org

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

As i start to learn i will post here updates.

many thanks

jeremybh1 · 26 September 2021 06:38

Hi
Any contributions are worthwhile as is your learning process in generating a PDF ready to share with the world. Be mindful that in 2 years time (however long) you might look back and think “gee I really compressed that image too much” etc. The lesson there is balance your quality - 600dpi TIFF is irrelevant if you have a cheap scanner, and 60kb JPEGs of a magazine are also irrelvant as the text will be fuzzy.

Play around with your scanner settings and if you are unsure, keep the ‘as close to the original’ files and your end-game processed files. When you say you need help what with please.

Mr2021 · 28 September 2021 00:17

Hi
i have started to “test” the water so to speak. I started with some low quality SIG newsletters.

I have uploaded with the user called " ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society)"

If anyone has a recommendation for an A3 scanner and software pls let me know

Also if you can check the tags i used for the documents pls let me know if i can improve

Once i have uploaded and confirmed it is ok i have asked Archive.org to create the collection for ACMS

If you wish to have your scans moved to this collection pls let me know
thanks

ChickenMan · 13 January 2023 04:05

I’m struggling to find a user called ACMS or “ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society)” on Archive, can you provide a direct link ?

EdS · 13 January 2023 14:20

There’s a bakers’ half-dozen uploads on an account of that name here:
ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society) archive.org Member

(I think @Mr2021 may have tried to post this link but somehow it is mis-rendered.)

ChickenMan · 13 January 2023 22:09

Thanks for that, the link you gave works, but a search for " ACMS (Australian Computer Museum Society)" does not link to it, but a search for @jcl2021 that your link actually link to does work. Hasn’t been setup properly in the first place.