Illinois Digitization Services
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Illinois Digitization Services
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Official account for Digitization Services at the University of Illinois Library. Check out some of the paper and print material we reformat! Find us on Instagram @illinoisdigitization

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Other measurements determine reproduction scale accuracy and look for interpolation.

We've recently been testing our targets against each other to ensure consistency across our workstations, hence this image!
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
They come in a variety of sizes at the item level (the small, medium, and large targets on the outside edges of the image) and device level (center). The L*a*b* values of each color square in the image are compared against their known values to ensure accurate exposure, white balance, and color.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
PS: If you're curious about the actual use of our "bonnets," they help to minimize reflections and excess light. We have affectionately named our cameras "Ofleft" and "Ofright."
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The cookbook also includes recipes from other cuisines, showcasing the rich interplay of food and culture.

Find the cookbook held by the University of Illinois Rare Book & Manuscript Library in the Digital Special Collections: go.library.illinois.edu/MariaLuisaSa...
Manuscript cookbook compiled by a culinary student in Puebla, Mexico
Likely published in the 1920s.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The Abcedarium was one of the first English-Latin dictionaries to use English as the headwords. It also marked the first publication of hundreds of English words or meanings.

Find the full volume in the Digital Special Collections: go.library.illinois.edu/abcedarium
Abcedarium Anglico-Latinum ; protyrunculis Richardo Huloeto exscriptore
The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using…
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August 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
One of the things we look for is compliance with the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI), which sets standards for things such as variation in white balance, tone scale, and spatial frequency resolution, and rates output on a scale from 1 to 4.
August 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Video description: A series of images of staples in the center of a pamphlet with a color target at the top of the frame. The visibility of the staple differs based on the polarization of the lens filter.
May 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Find La Regle Saint Benoit from @illinoisrbml.bsky.social in the Digital Special Collections: go.library.illinois.edu/GoldLeaf
La Regle Saint Benoit
Ms. codex.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Bulwer also viewed sign language as a natural pathway to universal communication.

View the complete work, held by @illinoisrbml.bsky.social, in the Digital Special Collections: go.library.illinois.edu/Chirologia
Chirologia, or, The naturall language of the hand
Wing (2nd ed.), B5467
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April 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM