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Shaw, Elizabeth J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Describes the Historic Pittsburgh project at the University of Pittsburgh, a joint project with the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania to produce a digital collection of historical materials available on the Internet. Discusses costs; metadata; digitization and preservation of originals; full-text capabilities; scanning; quality review;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Character Recognition, Costs

Galloway, Edward A.; Michalek, Gabrielle V. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1995
Discusses the conversion project of the congressional papers of Senator John Heinz into digital format and the provision of electronic access to these papers by Carnegie Mellon University. Topics include collection background, project team structure, document processing, scanning, use of optical character recognition software, verification…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Character Recognition, Computer Interfaces
Fayen, Emily Gallup; And Others – 1986
The 1981 design specifications for the Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network (ENSTINET) stipulated that major end-user facilities of the system should be bilingual in English and Arabic. Many characteristics of the Arabic alphabet and language impact computer applications, and there exists no universally accepted character…
Descriptors: Arabic, Character Recognition, Computer Software, Databases