Digitization Services

The library can work with faculty and researchers on digitization projects that both promote the academic and research interests of UC Merced, as well as produce digital materials that will allow for greater access to the wider academic and research community. These digitization projects include the scanning of text-based materials, including performing OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on the scanned text, and creating digital files from select analog media formats.

For text-based materials, the library is able to digitize bound book items and loose-leaf documents.

For analog-to-digital conversion, the following formats are supported:

• VHS / audiocassette
• LP (vinyl records)
• Flatbed scanning (up to 12” x 17” in size)
• Negatives
• Slides

We can also duplicate CD's and DVD's.

We will consider requests provided:

• there are no digital versions currently available (i.e. the item is not available for purchase in any digital format);
• there are no physical protections or limits inhibiting reproduction or reformatting;
• digitization may be performed in accordance with copyright law or permission to digitize is obtained;
• the items being digitized are specifically being used for research and / or instructional purposes.

In addition to the above considerations, the library will also make determinations based on the size of a project as it relates to the library's current operational capacity.

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