[PADG:1649] Re: Newspapers Digitization Redux

["Howard,Carmen" <howardc@xxxxxxxx>]

Hello All,

I wanted to give a bit more information on OCLC and Olive Software:

OCLC is the distributor of Olive Software for libraries.  We are also in the
process of installing the first Olive processing facility in the US to
convert scanned images to OCR text and formatting for web display. The
product supports the ability to browse through the page, as well as zoom in
on separate sections and types of materials.  In addition, it further
supports full text searching on OCR text, the creation of an xml repository,
and a librarian tool set to allow for metadata enhancement.  While we have
only worked with bitonal images on the newspaper projects we have built to
date, Olive can be applied to grayscale, and there is the potential to
handle color.

If you are interested in more details, please feel free to contact Diane
Mirvis who is the Digital Services Manager at Preservation Resources, and
she'll be happy to help you.  She can be reached at mirvisd@xxxxxxxx or by
calling PresRes at 1-800-773-7222.

Thanks,
Carmen

Carmen Howard
Manager, Preservation Services
Preservation Resources
OCLC

-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia P. Selinger [mailto:pepalmer@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:09 AM
To: padg@xxxxxxx
Subject: [PADG:1645] Re: Newspapers Digitization Redux


Robert,
At ALA Midwinter, I attended the OCLC seminar "All the News That's Fit to
Scan:
Increasing Access to Historic Newspapers".  Olive Software representative
Alon
Men demonstrated his company's software which scans whole pages of
newspapers so
they can be browsed.  The software also has great search capabilities.  See
http://www.olivesoftware.com.

I'll be glad to send a copy of the handout, which is Men's Powerpoint
presentation.

Patricia

"Robert J. Milevski" wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Based on the one reply so far, it is evident that I did not ask my
question
> correctly.
>
> I would like to know if anyone has digitized newspapers and makes them
> available for viewing page by page, as with the Making of America books.
>
> I am not interested so much in searching (via OCR'd text and a good search
> engine) for specific information in the newspaper, eg the obituary of some
> famous person or the chronicling of a major event, etc., but in having the
> ability to browse through the paper--looking at headlines, illustrations,
> advertisements, etc--and then zooming in on what I fancy, much like how we
> look at newspapers today.
>
> My other key interest is discovering whether any such digitizing
newspapers
> were scanned in color, grayscale, or black and white.  Thank you.
>
> Robert
>
>   At 08:28 AM 4/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 08:10 AM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >>I do have another newspaper question, however.  Has anyone digitized
bound
> >>or unbound newspapers (or do you know of someone who has)?  If so, is
this
> >>work available on the web?  I am referring here to digitizing the actual
> >>newspaper rather than a microfilm of it.
> >>
> >>Thanks.
> >>
> >>Robert
> >
> >Hi Robert,
> >
> >Try this link for the New York Times digitization.
> >http://www.proquest.com
> >Try the digitized vault first
> >Kopana
> >
> >Kopana Terry
> >University of Kentucky
> >Reprographics Department
> >110A M. I. King Library South
> >Lexington, KY 40506-3329
> >859-257-3329
> >Fax: 859-257-3388
> >klterr0@xxxxxxx
> >
> >"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did.
> >    She just did it backwards and in high heels!"
> >
> >
> >--- Linda Ellerbee
> >
> >"The University of Kentucky is accredited by the Commission on Colleges
> >of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane,
> >Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award
> >undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees."
>
> ***********************************************
> Robert J. Milevski
> Preservation Librarian &
> Manager, Typography Studio
> Princeton University Library
> One Washington Road
> Princeton, NJ 08544
> (609) 258-5591
> Fax:  (609) 258-4105
> Email:  milevski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Preservation Office website:
> http://libweb2.Princeton.EDU/preservation/ccu/PO-IntroPage.html
> ***********************************************

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Patricia Palmer Selinger
Head, Preservation Services
VCU Libraries
Richmond, VA
phone: 804.828.1096
pepalmer@xxxxxxx
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