BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 1996
Preliminary Reading List for Course No. 26; 45

Introduction to Electronic Texts

Document Markup: Text Encoding Initiative & HyperText Markup Language

1. Sperberg-McQueen, C. M., and Lou Burnard, eds., Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange. Oxford: TEI, 1994. Available on the web at:
   http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/TEI.html, as part of the Etext Center's About SGML page.
   
   Read A Gentle Introduction to SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) -- Part I.2 of the TEI Guidelines -- and About TEI: The Text Encoding Initiative -- Part I.1 of the TEI Guidelines.
   
   
2. Seaman, David. Electronic Text Center Introduction to TEI and Guide to Document Preparation. Charlottesville, 1994-6. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/tei/uvatei.html
   

   Text and Image Scanning

3. Besser, Howard, and Jennifer Trant. Introduction to Imaging: Issues in constructing an image database. Getty, 1996. http://www.ahip.getty.edu/intro_imaging/home.html Also available in print from Getty Trust Publications. Phone: 1-800-223-3431.
   
   
4. 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

1. Musciano, Chuck, and Bill Kennedy. HTML: the Definitive Guide. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 1996. This should be easy to find in a good-sized bookshop. Online ordering information is available at http://www.ora.com/ A free preview can be found at http://www.ora.com/info/html/