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I recently wrote a report for the Preservation Dept. summarizing
options for optical scanning. Here's the (non-comprehensive)
bibliography I used. I thought that Anne Kenney's report gave
the greatest amount of detail, and discusses equipment and costs.
Perry Willett
Main Library
Indiana University
Phone: 812-855-1891
Bitnet: PWILLETT@INDIANA
Internet:PWILLETT@INDIANA.EDU
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Bibliography on Optical Scanning for Preservation
Arps, Mark. CD-ROM: archival considerations. IN: Mohlhenrich, Janice,
ed. Preservation of electronic formats and electronic formats for
preservation. Fort Atkinson, Wis: Highsmith Press, 1993, p. 83-107.
Gartner, Richard. Moves toward the electronic Bodleian : introducing
digital imaging into the Bodleian Library, Oxford [Abstract of talk].
IN: The Association for Computers and the Humanities and The
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing. 1993 Joint
International Conference June 16-19, 1993: Conference Abstracts.
Washington DC: Georgetown University, 1993. p. 127-128.
Kenney, Anne R. The Cornell/Xerox/Commission on Preservation and
Access Joint Study in digital preservation: report, phase 1, January
1990-December 1991: digital capture, paper facsimiles and network
access. Washington DC: Commission on Preservation and Access, 1992.
Stewart, Robert W. Does this project deserve the Erasmus Prize? : some
troubling thoughts about a large electronic imaging project.
Conservation Administration News, no. 54. p.4-5, 33-35.
Waters, Donald J. From microfilm to digital imagery: on the
feasibility of a project to study the means, costs and benefits of
converting large quantities of preserved library materials from
microfilm to digital images: a report of the Yale University Library to
the Commission on Preservation and Access. Washington DC: The
Commission, 1991.
Waters, Donald. The organizational phase of Project Open Book: a
report to the Commission on Preservation and Access. Washington, DC:
The Commission, 1992.