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Peer reviewedMcClean, Clare M. – Library Software Review, 1998
Reviews strengths and weaknesses of five optical character recognition (OCR) software packages used to digitize paper documents before publishing on the Internet. Outlines options available and stages of the conversion process. Describes the learning experience of Eurotext, a United Kingdom-based electronic libraries project (eLib). (PEN)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Character Recognition, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Download full textGreen, Ann; Dionne, JoAnn; Dennis, Martin – 1999
Focusing on the experience of the Yale University (Connecticut) social science data preservation project, this document presents a case study of migration as a preservation strategy, exploring options for migrating data stored in a technically obsolete format and their associated documentation stored on paper. The first section provides background…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Case Studies, Character Recognition
