Self-service scanning in the Wroclaw University Library

How to scan by yourself? It's easy!

1. Place the originals on the scanner glass.
2. Press the [Home] key (the house in the middle of the panel) and then "Send".
3. Select the "Enter email address" [„Wpis adresu e-mail”] option, enter the email address and press "OK".
4. Set the scanning area in the "Original/Send/Data Format" [“Oryg./Wysył./Format danych”] tab in the "Original Size" [„Rozmiar oryginału”] field.
• Preset scan settings: PDF in color, continuous scanning (all in one file). These can be changed in the "Basic Settings" [„Ustawienia podstawowe”], "Original/Send/Data Format" [“Oryg./Wysył./Format danych”] and "Color/Image Quality" [„Kolor/Jakość obrazu”] tabs.
• Scanning limitations: we would like to remind you about the size limits for attachments sent via email (on the university mail server and on the recipients' mail servers).
5. Press "Start" and once the scan is complete, press "End Scan" [„Zakończ skanowanie”]. The file will appear in your email inbox.

Please remember that:

• scans of large-format newspapers, library materials in poor condition, and publications published up to and including 1950 are not made at all,
• copies from materials published up to 1950 are ordered by the WUL’s Reprographic and Digitization Unit (see: Reprographic services in the Reprographic and Digitization Unit),
• if you wish to publish WUL’s materials, you must obtain the consent of the WUL’s Director,
• we remind you that making copies (scans) of documents is only possible for your own use. This is regulated by the Act of 26 July 2024 amending the Act on Copyright and Related Rights, the Act on Protection of Databases and the Act on Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights (Journal of Laws 2024, item 1254).

Location of scanning devices in the WUL’s building:

• Level 2 (Current and Archive Periodicals Reading Room)
• Level 3 (Main Reading Room, Silesian Collection Reading Room)

This service is free.