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Strike Up the Score: Deriving Searchable and Playable Digital Formats from Sheet Music; Smart Objects and Open Archives; Building the Archives of the Future: Advanced in Preserving Electronic Records at the National Archives and Records Administration; From the Digitized to the Digital Library.
Choudhury, G. Sayeed; DiLauro, Tim; Droettboom, Michael; Fujinaga, Ichiro; MacMillan, Karl; Nelson, Michael L.; Maly, Kurt; Thibodeau, Kenneth; Thaller, Manfred – D-Lib Magazine, 2001
These articles describe the experiences of the Johns Hopkins University library in digitizing their collection of sheet music; motivation for buckets, Smart Object, Dumb Archive (SODA) and the Open Archives Initiative (OAI), and initial experiences using them in digital library (DL) testbeds; requirements for archival institutions, the National…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Character Recognition, Computer Software
The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive On-line System (HELIOS): An Update.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Galloway, 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
OCR for Libraries: Only a Few Years Away.
Rice, James – Library Journal, 1981
Describes a breakthrough in omni-font optical character recognition (OCR) that will permit economical automation of library catalogs and other library processes within the next few years. (RAA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Character Recognition, Cost Effectiveness, Information Processing
Automated Circulation of Unbound Periodicals: A Survey of Practices.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tracy, Joan – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Presents results of survey of procedures to handle the circulation of unbound periodicals in 232 public and academic libraries using four major turnkey automated circulation systems. Methods used are described (use of machine-readable symbol attached to issue) and procedures developed at the Eastern Washington University Library are explained in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Character Recognition, Higher Education, Library Automation
The Heinz Electronic Library Interactive Online System (HELIOS): Building a Digital Archive Using Imaging, OCR, and Natural Language Processing Technologies.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
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