Scanners
There are three dedicated scanning stations near the Ask Us Desk on the entrance floor. A combination scanner and print kiosk are located in the back of the entrance floor. Scanners are also located in the Global Resources Center on the 7th floor in room 708. You can scan to your USB, email, smartphone, Google Drive, or Dropbox from these scanning stations.
Scanning Using Your Phone
If you are not able to get to the library scanners, most phones include a built-in scanning feature.
On Google Pixel phones, there is a “Scan document” prompt when the Camera app recognizes a document, and there are a few options for how to process the scan. In the image preview, users can apply filters, clean up stray marks, or tap the plus sign to scan another page. Users can save the resulting PDF to Google Drive, download it, or share the file.
On Samsung Galaxy phones, there is a small yellow T icon in the lower-right corner, overlaying the camera feed. Users can tap the icon to view options. Preview the scan and adjust the crop borders before saving it as a JPEG to the Photos app.
Apple’s Camera app also detects text, but instead of scanning a document and saving it as a file, it uses OCR (optical character recognition) to copy the text or do things like open the Phone app if there is a phone number on the page. For a digitized copy of your document, users can head to the Notes app.
To access the scanning feature in the notes app, create a new note, tap the camera icon on the bottom of the screen, and select Scan Documents (Choosing Scan Text extracts the text from the document into a note using OCR).
This information is adapted from the New York Times Wirecutter article, "Your Phone Has a Free, Hidden Scanning Feature". View the full text of the article for more information. Learn more about accessing the New York Times and other digital news subscriptions through the library.
Microforms
Microform readers and printers are located on the 3rd floor. ScanPro 2000 Microform Readers are connected to computers in the carrels closest to the microform cabinets; these computers are dedicated to scanning and printing. There is also a microform reader and printer in the Special Collections department on the 7th floor.
Microform copies cost $0.07.
