Embedded Files
Countless time and effort have been put into creating an efficient system of organization for these books. Each of them has been given its own unique call number after determining their special locations in the room to make for easier access.
What is the goal?
Presently, our goal is to create a digital copy of each work in the collection for anyone to be able to enjoy from anywhere. We are hard at work choosing select texts that are not already available on the open web to scan as digital copies to be uploaded one day.
Bookeye 5 Scanner
We are utilizing the Bookeye 5, a high-tech, artificial intelligence integrated book scanner that allows us to easily take photos of each page from cover to cover. The program also allows for editing, such as cropping, finger-removal, and corrective skewing. Once complete, the digital copy looks as good as the book itself and can be flipped through as though the reader were holding the physical copy.
The Internship
An internship is currently being offered through the Director of B.A. in English and BFA in Creative Writing, Dr.Berniece Alspach, whose passion for hymns has driven her to design this program as a way for students to learn about hymnology and digital studies. Students in the program have the opportunity to learn about the origins of hymns in the church, various hymnists, and the ins and outs of the Bookeye 5 scanner while working on creating their own digital copies for the archive. Students will work closely under the supervision of the Assistant to the Director, Morgan Vandiver.
A Few Works Already Completed
The Whole Booke of Psalmes by Thomas Sternhold, 1606
Divine and Moral Songs for Children by Isaac Watts, 1800
Horae Lyricae by Isaac Watts, 1813
Hymns for the use of the Methodist Episcopal Church by Elijah Heading, 1849
Mitchison's Selection of Sacred Music by William Mitchison, 1850.
The Anthem Book of the United Free Church of Scotland, 1909
The Life of Isaac Watts by Thomas Wright, 1914.
The Law of the Octave in the World and in the World by E. J. Pace, 1922.
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