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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