diff --git a/RMuseum/DbContext/RMuseumDbContext.cs b/RMuseum/DbContext/RMuseumDbContext.cs
index c451f365..8195bf1e 100644
--- a/RMuseum/DbContext/RMuseumDbContext.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/DbContext/RMuseumDbContext.cs
@@ -548,5 +548,10 @@ namespace RMuseum.DbContext
         /// </summary>
         public DbSet<PDFGanjoorLink> PDFGanjoorLinks { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// OCR Queue Items
+        /// </summary>
+        public DbSet<OCRQueue> OCRQueuedItems { get; set; }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/RMuseum/Models/PDFLibrary/OCRQueue.cs b/RMuseum/Models/PDFLibrary/OCRQueue.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e98462a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RMuseum/Models/PDFLibrary/OCRQueue.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// OCR Queued Item
+    /// </summary>
+    public class OCRQueue
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// id
+        /// </summary>
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// PDF Book Id
+        /// </summary>
+        public int PDFBookId { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
index 50fe56d6..1e8fdc89 100644
--- a/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
+++ b/RMuseum/RMuseum.xml
@@ -3703,6 +3703,11 @@
             PDF Ganjoor Links
             </summary>
         </member>
+        <member name="P:RMuseum.DbContext.RMuseumDbContext.OCRQueuedItems">
+            <summary>
+            OCR Queue Items
+            </summary>
+        </member>
         <member name="T:RMuseum.Migrations.PictureFileExtUrl">
             <inheritdoc />
         </member>
@@ -12504,6 +12509,21 @@
             pdf books
             </summary>
         </member>
+        <member name="T:RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary.OCRQueue">
+            <summary>
+            OCR Queued Item
+            </summary>
+        </member>
+        <member name="P:RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary.OCRQueue.Id">
+            <summary>
+            id
+            </summary>
+        </member>
+        <member name="P:RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary.OCRQueue.PDFBookId">
+            <summary>
+            PDF Book Id
+            </summary>
+        </member>
         <member name="T:RMuseum.Models.PDFLibrary.PDFBook">
             <summary>
             PDF Book
@@ -18707,7 +18727,7 @@
         </member>
         <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.Implementation.PDFLibraryService.GetNextUnOCRedPDFBookAsync">
             <summary>
-            get next un-ocred PDF Book
+            get next un-ocred PDF Book and add it to a queue
             </summary>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
@@ -19609,7 +19629,14 @@
             <param name="srcUrl"></param>
             <returns></returns>
         </member>
-        <!-- Badly formed XML comment ignored for member "M:RMuseum.Services.IPDFLibraryService.GetPDFBookByIdAsync(System.Int32,RMuseum.Models.Artifact.PublishStatus[])" -->
+        <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.IPDFLibraryService.GetPDFBookByIdAsync(System.Int32,RMuseum.Models.Artifact.PublishStatus[])">
+            <summary>
+            get pdf book by id
+            </summary>
+            <param name="id"></param>
+            <param name="statusArray"></param>
+            <returns></returns>
+        </member>
         <member name="M:RMuseum.Services.IPDFLibraryService.GetAllPDFBooksAsync(RSecurityBackend.Models.Generic.PagingParameterModel,RMuseum.Models.Artifact.PublishStatus[])">
             <summary>
             get all pdfbooks (including CoverImage info but not pages or tagibutes info)
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/IPDFLibraryService.cs b/RMuseum/Services/IPDFLibraryService.cs
index 092c910d..9dad6691 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/IPDFLibraryService.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/IPDFLibraryService.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services
         /// <param name="srcUrl"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         Task<RServiceResult<bool>> StartImportingKnownSourceAsync(string srcUrl);
-        /// <summary
+        /// <summary>
         /// get pdf book by id
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="id"></param>
diff --git a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/PDFLibraryService.cs b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/PDFLibraryService.cs
index 02ad0142..18b78268 100644
--- a/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/PDFLibraryService.cs
+++ b/RMuseum/Services/Implementation/PDFLibraryService.cs
@@ -1568,19 +1568,32 @@ namespace RMuseum.Services.Implementation
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// get next un-ocred PDF Book
+        /// get next un-ocred PDF Book and add it to a queue
         /// </summary>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public async Task<RServiceResult<PDFBook>> GetNextUnOCRedPDFBookAsync()
         {
             try
             {
+                var maxOCRQueuedItemId =
+                    await _context.OCRQueuedItems.AnyAsync() ?
+                    await _context.OCRQueuedItems.AsNoTracking().MaxAsync(q => q.PDFBookId)
+                    : 0;
                 var pdfBook = await _context.PDFBooks.AsNoTracking()
                             .Include(b => b.PDFFile)
                             .Include(b => b.Pages)
-                            .Where(b => b.Status == PublishStatus.Published && b.OCRed == false)
+                            .Where(b => b.Status == PublishStatus.Published && b.OCRed == false && b.Id > maxOCRQueuedItemId)
                             .OrderBy(b => b.Id)
                             .FirstOrDefaultAsync();
+                if (pdfBook != null)
+                {
+                    _context.OCRQueuedItems.Add
+                        (new OCRQueue()
+                        {
+                            PDFBookId = pdfBook.Id
+                        });
+                    await _context.SaveChangesAsync();
+                }
                 return new RServiceResult<PDFBook>(pdfBook);
 
             }