My Last Day of My Internship

When I got to the library today I met with Kelly Perry who gave me a demonstration on how the library scans books that are read on the computer. They use a machine with two cameras at the top that take a picture of each page of the book that get automatically downloaded to the computer. Each page can be turned either by hand or with a vacuum handle. Although the machine can work by itself it needs someone there to make sure everything is going the way it is suppose to. All of the settings for the machine are computer controlled. You can change, for example, how fast it is taking the pictures. Kelly normally has the settings on 2400 pages per hour, but when she had me try she slowed it down to 1200 pages per hour. After the pictures were taken Kelly showed me how she had to crop the picture to only show the one page of the book. Then she showed me what the finished product would look like on the internet archive.

After I was done talking to Kelly I went and worked on my healthflick video and was able to complete it.

I have enjoyed my time at the Medical Library, and I am happy that I got to meet the great people that I interviewed. I will  definitely be back to visit, and anyone who has the chance should check out the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library.