Nine of the Zora Neale Hurston plays were digitized on an i2S
Digibook scanner in the Information Technology Services Digital
Scan Center at the Library of Congress. The remaining play, a
bound volume, was scanned by a Phase One camera. The plays were
digitized as 300 dpi grayscale images, which were compressed
using JPEG compression, producing images in the JPEG File
Interchange Format (JFIF). GIF images were created for
convenient access when using the page-turner feature. The
digital images reflect the original physical condition of the
plays. A few pages have tears or tiny dog-ears at the corners,
and some pages of formerly-bound plays have punch holes along
the left margin. The plays are in relatively good condition,
however, and required minimal conservation treatment before
scanning. The Digital Scan Center staff took great care in the
handling of the materials; the one bound play was placed in a
book cradle and given overhead scanning. Creating the Searchable
Text After Library of Congress staff appro