skaneerimiseks

Skaneerimiseks is an Estonian term describing the process of digitizing physical materials by scanning them, typically as part of archival, library, or office workflows. It denotes the goal of creating digital surrogates that can be stored, searched, and shared while preserving the original item.

The process starts with preparation—cleaning, removing bindings, and organizing items to minimize damage. Depending on the material, scanners such as flatbed or sheet-fed models are chosen. Scanning settings commonly range from 300 to 600 dots per inch for text, and higher for images, with color or grayscale as appropriate.

Output formats include TIFF and PDF/A for long-term preservation, with smaller JPEGs for web access. Optical character recognition may be applied to enable search, followed by post-processing such as deskewing, despeckling, and metadata extraction.

Best practices emphasize quality control, consistent file naming, and robust storage with backups. Legal and ethical considerations include copyright, privacy, and access restrictions, especially for sensitive materials.

Skaneerimiseks is widely used in libraries, archives, universities, and corporate document management to improve accessibility and interoperability while supporting preservation standards through metadata and standard file formats. See also scanning, digitization, OCR, and PDF/A.