The Text in the Machine
Electronic Texts in the Humanities
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 9 April 1999
- ISBN 9780789004246
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages181 pages
- Size 210x148 mm
- Weight 476 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The first comprehensive guide to explore the growing field of electronic information, The Text in the Machine: Electronic Texts in the Humanities will help you create and use electronic texts. This book explains the processes involved in developing computerized books on library Web sites, CD-ROMs, or your own Web site. With the information provided by The Text in the Machine, you'll be able to successfully transfer written words to a digitized form and increase access to any kind of information.
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The first comprehensive guide to explore the growing field of electronic information, The Text in the Machine: Electronic Texts in the Humanities will help you create and use electronic texts. This book explains the processes involved in developing computerized books on library Web sites, CD-ROMs, or your own Web site. With the information provided by The Text in the Machine, you?ll be able to successfully transfer written words to a digitized form and increase access to any kind of information. Keeping the perspectives of scholars, students, librarians, users, and publishers in mind, this book outlines the necessary steps for electronic conversion in a comprehensive manner. The Text in the Machine addresses many variables that need to be taken into consideration to help you digitize texts, such as:
- defining types of markup, markup systems, and their uses
- identifying characteristics of the written text, such as its linguistic and physical nature, before choosing a markup scheme
- ensuring accuracy in electronic texts by keying in information up to three times and choosing software that is compatible with the markup systems you are using
- examining the best file formats for scanning written texts and converting them to digital form
- explaining the delivery systems available for electronic texts, such as CD-ROMs, the Internet, magnetic tape, and the variety of software that will interpret these interfaces
- designing the structure of electronic texts with linear presentation, segmented text, or image files to increase readability and accessibility
Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Markup Systems for Electronic Texts What Is Markup? Markup-Free Texts? Descriptive Markup Systems Further Reading Web Sites Chapter 2. Creating an Electronic Text Keying the Text Reusing an Existing Text Scanning the Text Further Reading Web Sites Chapter 3. Delivery Mechanisms for Electronic Texts Transmission Media Software Further Reading Web Sites Chapter 4. Organizing Access to Electronic Texts The Individual Scholar As Publisher Institutional Approaches to Publishing Generic Issues: Metadata and Preservation Further Reading Web Sites Chapter 5. Structures, Architectures, and Editions Structure and Architecture Types of Editions Further Reading Web Sites Conclusion Bibliography Index Reference Notes Included
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