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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 reviewedHauer, Manfred; Simedy, Walton – Information Services & Use, 2002
Describes an online library catalog that was developed for an Austrian scientific library that includes table of contents in addition to the standard bibliographic information in order to increase relevance for searchers. Discusses the technology involved, including OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and automatic indexing techniques; weighted…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Character Recognition, Foreign Countries, Library Catalogs
