This week's project is to digitze some of our paper formatted educational materials. I decided to digitize four 3-ring binders full of course material from a series of classes I took. This cleared off some serious shelf space and will hopefully make the information more accessible.I used my Fujitsu ScanSnap and fed pages in batches. The software allowed me to create one large PDF of the material from each course. Then I just named the file with the title of each course. Easy Peasy!
It felt oh so good to be able to recycle the paper and see a big hole in one of my shelves!
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I digitise all the handouts and notes I get from talks, seminars etc. that I attend. As well as saving space on my shelves I find them easier to retrieve. I just wish more presenters would offer soft copies of their notes.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to take your advice and do that going forward. I'm finding now that I have an ipad, I'd rather review these types of things that way. And yes, they are easier to retrieve! Great to hear from you Jill!
DeleteThis is a great idea Michelle. I have so many binders full of lecture notes from University - it would be such a relief to have them digitised and out of the way (but still accessible if I ever need to refer to them in the future)
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