The text in the machine

The text in the machine

by Toby Burrows

1999

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Keeping the perspectives of scholars, students, librarians, users, and publishers in mind. The Text in the Machine outlines the necessary steps for electronic conversion in a comprehensive manner. This book addresses many variables that need to be taken into consideration to help you digitize texts. Containing lists of suggested readings and examples of electronic text Web sites, this book provides you with the opportunity to see how other libraries and scholars are creating and publishing digital texts. From The Text in the Machine, you'll receive the knowledge to make this medium of information accessible and beneficial to patrons and scholars around the world.

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