Digital Scholarship Lab

Need help with your project, and don't know where to start? Start here!

The Digital Scholarship Lab offers consultation in multiple areas related to digitization including:

• Project Planning
• Copyright
• Equipment instruction

(Disclaimer: Butler University library faculty and staff are not lawyers and cannot provide legal advice.)

Common questions we may ask during a consultation are:

• What are you wanting to scan?
• What will you be using it for?
• Do you have rights or permission to digitize this item?
• Where will the files end up? Will they be made public?
• What kind of physical material is your item? Is it a book? Is it a stack of letters? A photograph?
• Is your item in good condition? How should we be careful when handling your item?
• How much of your item needs to be scanned? The whole thing, or just a section?
• Do you need to scan blank pages?
• Do you need text-searchability?
• Do you have a USB on which to store your files?
• Have you ever used a scanner before? Would you like to try?

The Digital Scholarship Lab hires Butler students to assist with digitization projects! No experience is necessary - we will introduce you to digital preservation and teach you how to use the equipment.

Student employees have contributed to digital preservation projects including:

• Ovid Butler Collection
• Butler Buildings and Grounds Collection
• Jordan College of Arts collection, Theatre 75th Anniversary digital exhibit
• Manuscript Thesis Collection
• Student Newspaper Collegian Archives

Please keep an eye out for listings on the Butler student employees job page.