![]() ![]() Image 6: ATIZ workstation set-up at UBC Library – Digitization Centre. The scanning was meticulously completed by Digital Initiatives Assistant, Marina Botnaru using a dedicated ATIZ workstation (Images 4, 5 & 6). For this project, Robert Stibravy, Digital Projects Librarian at the Digitization Centre, worked closely with Lama to establish the safest way to handle and digitize the First Folio. Generally, when dealing with the digitization of bound materials such as in this case, there must be a great consideration between the material’s protection and the text’s visibility.Īs part of the protocol, the digitization of UBC’s collections is always preceded by an assessment and guidance by the UBC Library’s conservator Anne Lama. ![]() The tight book binding made it difficult to capture the entirety of the pages. One of the challenges of scanning the First Folio was due to its construction technique. That is because they involve a laborious process of selecting the best-quality scans one by one and then editing each image so that they can be uploaded and viewed on the UBC Open Collections. So, what do image editing, quality control, and metadata preparation look like? The most time-consuming task, although relatively simple, was image editing and quality control. Image 3: Images of the cover, spine and fore edge of the Shakespeare’s First Folio. The only appropriate response one could have to such news would be to recite the words by Celia in “As You Like It”, Act III, Scene II, by repeating the word “wonderful”,… at least five times. This includes literary works, which are a part of that reality and serve as evidence of the development of language, society, and literature.ĭespite the constant interaction with various significant historical materials throughout my work term, I was ecstatic to receive the news that I would have a chance to work with one of the most influential books ever to be published: William Shakespeare’s First Folio. One of the greatest advantages of working at the Digitization Centre is the opportunity to engage with rare historical materials that often reveal a forgotten reality of the past. O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful To the True Original Copies” (First Folio), 1623 William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies: published according ![]()
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