Z652 Digital Libraries, Fall 2022, Section 3874

A course on digital libraries and building digital collections.

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Week 4: Text Objects, Part 1

Summary

We will learn about the digitization of text-based media, or “text objects,” like books, manuscripts, comics, notebooks, etc. We will learn about character encodings, optical character recognition (OCR), and typical workflows for text digitization.

Weekly Learning Objectives

Before class: Readings, Resources, and Tasks

Readings

Tasks

In Class