BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 2002
Reading List

Electronic Texts and Images 2002

Document Markup: Text Encoding Initiative & Extensible Markup Language

• Sperberg-McQueen, C. M., and Lou Burnard, eds., Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange. Oxford: TEI, 1999. Available on the web at:
  http://www.tei-c.org/P4X/.
  
  Read A Gentle Introduction to XML (Extensible Markup Language) -- Part 2 of the TEI Guidelines -- and About These Guidelines -- Part 1 of the TEI Guidelines.
  
  
• Seaman, David. Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation. Charlottesville, 1994-99. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/tei/uvatei.html
  
  
• Seaman, David. XML for fun and profit. Charlottesville, 1998-2000. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/helpsheets/xml-basic.html
  
  

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  Text and Image Scanning

  • Besser, Howard, and Jennifer Trant. Introduction to Imaging: Issues in constructing an image database. Getty, 1996. http://www.getty.edu/research/institute/standards/introimages/index.html Also available in print from Getty Trust Publications. Phone: 1-800-223-3431.
    
    
  • The following Etext Center helpsheets, all at http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/helpsheets/helpsheets.html
    
    
  • Text Scanning (Optical Character Recognition): A Basic Helpsheet
  • Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet
  • Special Collections Digital Image Creation

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  XML, EAD and EBOOKS

  The following are for consultation if time allows, and if you need some background in these areas, but are of lesser importance as pre-reading for this course than the above topics.

  XML
  • http://www.xml.com/
    
  • http://www.w3.org/XML/
    
  • http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/
  
  
  Encoded Archival Descriptions
  • EAD Official Web Site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/ead/
  
  
  Selected Ebooks
  • Adobe ebook reader: http://www.adobe.com/epaper/ebooks/main.html [PDF-based]
  • Microsoft Reader: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/ [XML-based]
  • For MS Reader, see also PocketPC: http://www.microsoft.com/pocketpc/ and http://www.overdrive.com
  • RocketBook: http://www.ebook-gemstar.com/
  • TK3: http://www.nightkitchen.com/

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