About the Collection The UWM Book Arts Collection contains scanned images of selected artists’ books from the UWM Special Collections-Book Arts Collection.   The goal of the UWM Special Collections-Book Arts Collection has been to document and demonstrate the use of the book form as an art medium. The collection’s main focus is on examples of artists' books from the late nineteenth century to the present. Largely represented are examples of American book arts, especially those of the Upper Midwest. The collection includes artist-designed and handmade books, examples of fine printing, uses of handmade papers, examples of fine binding, innovative book structures, and typographic design and experimentation.  View UWM Special Collection's Collection Development Policies The Digital Project The books were scanned at the UWM Libraries using overhead and flatbed scanners.  Adobe Photoshop CS was used to match the digital images to the original.  The resulting digital master files are stored at the UWM Libraries in TIFF format. The images were then uploaded in CONTENTdm as compound objects. In conjunction with CONTENTdm, the OCR software-ABBYY FineReader-was used to create searchable text files and downloadable PDFs of each book.  Information for the metadata was taken from the MARC record in UWM’s OPAC, PantherCat.  Credits This was a collaborative project between UWM Libraries Digitization Unit and Special Collections. Krystyna K. Matusiak, Digital Collections Librarian, UWM Libraries Max Yela, Special Collections Librarian, UWM Libraries Copyright UWM Photo Collection is published by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries. Copyright © 2008. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. All rights reserved. The images may be copied by individuals or libraries for personal use, research, teaching or any "fair use" as defined by copyright law. Fair use of copyright-protected works for study, research, and other purposes does not require the permission of the copyright owner provided that the use meets the standard specified in Section 107 of the U. S. Copyright Law. Use Order Images form to request high-resolution digital reproductions of images. Contact Us Please send us your comments or suggestions regarding the collection. UWM Libraries December 28, 2009