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Peer reviewedGalloway, Edward A.; Michalek, Gabrielle V. – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1998
Describes a project at Carnegie Mellon University libraries to convert the congressional papers of the late Senator John Heinz to digital format and to create an online system to search and retrieve these papers. Highlights include scanning, optical character recognition, and a search engine utilizing natural language processing. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Character Recognition, Data Conversion, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedShaw, 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
