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ERIC Number: EJ501668
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-9295
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Digitization and the Creation of Virtual Libraries: The Princeton University Image Card Catalog--Reaping the Benefits of Imaging.
Henthorne, Eileen
Information Technology and Libraries, v14 n1 p38-40 Mar 1995
Describes a project at the Princeton University libraries that converted the pre-1981 public card catalog, using digital imaging and optical character recognition technology, to fully tagged and indexed records of text in MARC format that are available on an online database and will be added to the online catalog. (LRW)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Databases, Indexing, Library Catalogs, Online Catalogs, Optical Scanners, Retrospective Conversion (Library Catalogs)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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