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Innovation in Print-on-Demand Library Services

Explore the journey of NCSU Libraries towards integrating Print-on-Demand services in their digital collection, challenges faced, vendor partnerships, and future goals for efficient book digitization and printing. Discover the possibilities and limitations in adopting PoD technologies for academic libraries.

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Innovation in Print-on-Demand Library Services

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  1. Jamie D. Bradway Preservation Librarian NCSU Libraries February 11, 2011 Becoming PoD People

  2. A Few Notes (Admissions) • We don't have a Print on Demand Program • No charged committee or task force • No mandate to prioritize PoD services over other services • Our digital collection (that would be considered for PoD) is small • Most monographic material would be pulled from items digitized by the OCA.

  3. Digital Content • Open Content Alliance (Internet Archive) • 3,195 items scanned between February 2008 and February 2010 • Wide variety of file formats • Technical Reports, University Publications

  4. Some Goals • Ultimately, a 'Buy a Print Copy' option for all eligible digital content • Within reach, offer a PoD 'store-front' of titles selected from our OCA collection (along with additional titles digitized for this purpose.)

  5. Chronology Public Domain Reprints – Feb. 2008 • First try, out of curiosity • Prepared by publicdomainreprints.org • Printed and shipped by Lulu • Title: Origin of Cultivated Plants, 1881 • Result follows...

  6. Origin of Cultivated Plants

  7. Lulu, July 2008

  8. Bridgeport National Traditional Binderies • The HF Group • Will process files for print • Will print intermittent color pages as necessary • Will charge a lot more • Will have a longer turnaround

  9. Poor choice of title

  10. Better Choice of Title Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophilia

  11. Lulu - right down the street • Moved into the neighborhood in 2009 • Very interested in having a library partner • Think of Lulu as a vendor, not a service

  12. FedEx/Kinkos (really!) • Digital textbooks • Single or small runs to add to collection • Collate color pages

  13. NCSU gets Caffeinated • Espresso Book Machine installed at Bookstore • March 2010 • Merger of Copy services with Bookstore • Limitations • Irregular PDF's • Color • Trim size less than 8.5” x 11”

  14. Prepping Files • The crux of the problem • Cannot be fully automated with good results and free software • Have developed workarounds that minimizes staff supervision • Irfanview • Scan Tailor • Various home brewed scripts • Processing will take ~4 hours per for average book

  15. Getting to the Next Stage • Working proof of concept • Storefront of a few dozen titles • Continue to seek highly automated process • Kirtas’s Bookscan Editor? • Develop use cases and investigate Digitize on Demand

  16. Links Vendors: • Lulu – http://www.lulu.com • Print on Demand Reprints – • http://www.publicdemandreprints.org • Kirtas – http://www.kirtas.com • On Demand Books (Espresso) – • http://www.ondemandbooks.com • The HF Group – http://www.thehfgroup.com • Bridgeport – http://www.bnbindery.com

  17. More Links Services and software: • DIY Bookscanner – www.diybookscanner.org • Scan Tailor – http://scantailor.sourceforge.net • IrfanView – http://www.irfanview.com

  18. Questions?Thanks very much.

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