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The Project Gutenberg Etext of LOC WORKSHOP ON
ELECTRONIC TEXTS

WORKSHOP ON ELECTRONIC TEXTS
PROCEEDINGS

Edited by James Daly

9-10 June 1992
Library of Congress Washington, D.C.

Supported by a Grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Proceedings Welcome Prosser Gifford and Carl Fleischhauer
Session I. Content in a New Form: Who Will Use It and What Will
They Do? James Daly (Moderator) Avra Michelson, Overview Susan H.
Veccia, User Evaluation Joanne Freeman, Beyond the Scholar
Discussion
Session II. Show and Tell Jacqueline Hess (Moderator) Elli Mylonas,
Perseus Project Discussion Eric M. Calaluca, Patrologia Latina
Database Carl Fleischhauer and Ricky Erway, American Memory

Discussion Dorothy Twohig, The Papers of George Washington
Discussion Maria L. Lebron, The Online Journal of Current Clinical
Trials Discussion Lynne K. Personius, Cornell mathematics books
Discussion
Session III. Distribution, Networks, and Networking: Options for
Dissemination Robert G. Zich (Moderator) Clifford A. Lynch
Discussion Howard Besser Discussion Ronald L. Larsen Edwin B.
Brownrigg Discussion
Session IV. Image Capture, Text Capture, Overview of Text and Image
Storage Formats William L. Hooton (Moderator) A) Principal Methods
for Image Capture of Text: direct scanning, use of microform Anne R.
Kenney Pamela Q.J. Andre Judith A. Zidar Donald J. Waters
Discussion B) Special Problems: bound volumes, conservation,
reproducing printed halftones George Thoma Carl Fleischhauer
Discussion C) Image Standards and Implications for Preservation Jean
Baronas Patricia Battin Discussion D) Text Conversion: OCR vs.
rekeying, standards of accuracy and use of imperfect texts, service
bureaus Michael Lesk Ricky Erway Judith A. Zidar Discussion
Session V. Approaches to Preparing Electronic Texts Susan Hockey
(Moderator) Stuart Weibel Discussion C.M. Sperberg-McQueen
Discussion Eric M. Calaluca Discussion
Session VI. Copyright Issues Marybeth Peters
Session VII. Conclusion Prosser Gifford (Moderator) General
discussion
Appendix I: Program
Appendix II: Abstracts
Appendix III: Directory of Participants
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Carl Fleischhauer and Prosser Gifford for the
opportunity to learn about areas of human activity unknown to me a
scant ten months ago, and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for
supporting that opportunity. The help given by others is acknowledged
on a separate page.
19 October 1992
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INTRODUCTION

The Workshop on Electronic Texts (1) drew together representatives of
various projects and interest groups to compare ideas, beliefs,
experiences, and, in particular, methods of placing and presenting
historical textual materials in computerized form. Most attendees
gained much in insight and outlook from the event. But the assembly
did not form a new nation, or, to put it another way, the diversity of
projects and interests was too great to draw the representatives into a
cohesive, action-oriented body.(2)
Everyone attending the Workshop shared an interest in preserving and
providing access to historical texts. But within this broad field the
attendees represented a variety of formal, informal, figurative, and
literal groups, with many individuals belonging to more than one.
These groups may be defined roughly according to the following topics
or activities:
* Imaging * Searchable coded texts * National and international
computer networks * CD-ROM production and dissemination *
Methods and technology for converting older paper materials into
electronic form * Study of the use of digital materials by scholars and
others
This summary is arranged thematically and does not follow the actual
sequence of presentations.
NOTES: (1) In this document, the phrase electronic text is used to
mean any computerized reproduction or version of a document, book,
article, or manuscript (including images), and not merely a machine-
readable or machine-searchable text.
(2) The Workshop was held at the Library of Congress on 9-10 June
1992, with funding from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
The document that follows represents a summary of the presentations
made at the Workshop and was compiled by James DALY. This
introduction was written by DALY and Carl FLEISCHHAUER.
PRESERVATION AND IMAGING
Preservation, as that term is used by archivists,(3) was most explicitly
discussed in the context of imaging. Anne KENNEY and Lynne
PERSONIUS explained how the concept of a faithful copy and the
user-friendliness of the traditional book have guided their project at
Cornell University.(4) Although interested in computerized
dissemination, participants in the Cornell project are creating digital

image sets of older books in the public domain as a source for a fresh
paper facsimile or, in a future phase, microfilm.