Newspaper Scanning Assistant

Scanning Assistant is a tiny application meant to assist scanning technicians in creating frame-level metadata for newspapers during scanning.

In a mobile-compatible interface it:

• Provides easy ways to enter Page Number, Date, Volume, Edition, and Issue Numbers as well as a means to flag a page for review and make a note.
• Attempts to "guess" the next sequence to save time; prompts a change in Date, Volume, Edition and Issue for new issues in sequence.
• Stores data in SQLite, so that a batch may be resumed
• Outputs data in tab-delimited text for import into existing workflows

Version

1.0

Technology

Scanning Assistant requires the following to work properly:

• PHP 5 or higher
• PDO extension

Installation

Unzip files into a web-accessible directory or local evironment. A secure location is advised, since the software creates and edits SQLite databases without requiring authentication. Visit:

http://[path_to_your_directory]/index.php

Screenshots and additional documentation may be found on the project wiki https://github.com/ncdhc/newspaper-scanning-assistant/wiki.

License

SCANNING ASSISTANT 1.0

Copyright (C) 2014 North Carolina Digital Heritage Center http://www.digitalnc.org/about.

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses.

Attribution

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