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The Case Of The 35 Gigabyte Digital Record: Ocr And Digital Workflows, Kelley F. Rowan
The Case Of The 35 Gigabyte Digital Record: Ocr And Digital Workflows, Kelley F. Rowan
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This presentation was given at the Panhandle Library Access Network's (PLAN) Innovation Conference: Digitization- Preserving the Past for the Future Conference on August 14th, 2015. The presentation uses a specific collection of directories as a case study of the complications librarians and archivists face in digitizing older materials that may also be quite large, such as a directory. Prime OCR and Abbyy Fine Reader are discussed and their pros and cons covered. Troubleshooting and editing with Adobe Photoshop is also discussed.
From The Elementary To The Circuitous: Digital Processing Workflows At Fiu, Kelley F. Rowan
From The Elementary To The Circuitous: Digital Processing Workflows At Fiu, Kelley F. Rowan
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This presentation was given at the FLVC regional conference at Broward College on May 7, 2015 and introduced scanning, processing, record creation, dissemination, and preservation in FIU Libraries' Digital Collections Center. The main focus was on processing, specifically employing OCR technology with difficult sources.