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