352 research outputs found

    CD-ROM preparation: An overview and guide

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    A primer on the options and procedures involved in producing CD-ROM products in a small to medium sized business operation is presented in language that persons with a minimal technical background can easily understand. The capabilities, limitations, and standards of CD-ROM technology are surveyed. Emphasis is placed on CD-ROM production, especially upon design, data conversion to an electronic medium, data file preparation, the use of vendors, and the steps for in-house production of CD-ROM products

    Digital Imaging and Preservation Microfilming: The Future of the Hybrid Approach for the Preservation of Brittle Books

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    This working paper examines the dual use of microfilm for preservation and digital imaging for enhanced access in the context of the brittle books program. It seeks to build on work that has already been accomplished, principally through projects conducted at Cornell University and Yale University; to propose a hybrid strategy; and to raise questions and suggest means for answering them before such a strategy can be broadly implemented.National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Libraries Group, Council on Library and Information ResourcesPeer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149488/1/WP06 Hybrid Report CLIR 1998.pdfDescription of WP06 Hybrid Report CLIR 1998.pdf : Main articl

    A comparison of personal name matching: Techniques and practical issues

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    Finding and matching personal names is at the core of an increasing number of applications: from text and Web mining, information retrieval and extraction, search engines, to deduplication and data linkage systems. Variations and errors in names make exact string matching problematic, and approximate matching techniques based on phonetic encoding or pattern matching have to be applied. When compared to general text, however, personal names have different characteristics that need to be considered. ¶ In this paper we discuss the characteristics of personal names and present potential sources of variations and errors. We overview a comprehensive number of commonly used, as well as some recently developed name matching techniques. Experimental comparisons on four large name data sets indicate that there is no clear best technique. We provide a series of recommendations that will help researchers and practitioners to select a name matching technique suitable for a given data set

    Preservation in the age of large-scale digitization

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    The digitization of millions of books under programs such as Google Book Search and Microsoft Live Search Books is dramatically expanding our ability to search and find information. The aim of these large-scale projects?to make content accessible?is interwoven with the question of how one keeps that content, whether digital or print, fit for use over time. This report by Oya Y. Rieger examines large-scale digital initiatives (LSDIs) to identify issues that will influence the availability and usability, over time, of the digital books these projects create. Ms. Rieger is interim assistant university librarian for digital library and information technologies at the Cornell University Library. The paper describes four large-scale projects?Google Book Search, Microsoft Live Search Books, Open Content Alliance, and the Million Book Project?and their digitization strategies. It then discusses a range of issues affecting the stewardship of the digital collections they create: selection, quality in content creation, technical infrastructure, and organizational infrastructure. The paper also attempts to foresee the likely impacts of large-scale digitization on book collections

    B!SON: A Tool for Open Access Journal Recommendation

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    Finding a suitable open access journal to publish scientific work is a complex task: Researchers have to navigate a constantly growing number of journals, institutional agreements with publishers, funders’ conditions and the risk of Predatory Publishers. To help with these challenges, we introduce a web-based journal recommendation system called B!SON. It is developed based on a systematic requirements analysis, built on open data, gives publisher-independent recommendations and works across domains. It suggests open access journals based on title, abstract and references provided by the user. The recommendation quality has been evaluated using a large test set of 10,000 articles. Development by two German scientific libraries ensures the longevity of the project
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