The challenges presented by including the newspapers in a
collection of mixed materials included inconsistency in the physical
size, large format scanning, and optical character recognition for full
text search capabilities. While several newspapers were digitized
during this time, the most extensive experience was with the
Sandspur, the student newspaper of Rollins College. The Sandspur
began as a literary journal in 1894. Digitization of the first seventeen
volumes proceeded normally as each issue ran 20 to 40 pages and
measured in size from 27x20 cm to 23x15 cm. With volume 18, the
format changed to that of a more typical newspaper length and size.
These fragile bound newspapers measured anywhere from 38x27 cm
to 41x28 cm and required scanning on a Kaiser rePro graphic stand
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