BOOKS AT VIRGINIA: Rare Book School 2003
Reading List

Electronic Texts and Images 2003

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
  
  

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
  1. Text Scanning (Optical Character Recognition): A Basic Helpsheet
  2. Image Scanning: A Basic Helpsheet
  3. Special Collections Digital Image Creation

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.

• http://www.xml.com/
  
• http://www.w3.org/XML/
  
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/

• EAD Official Web Site: http://lcweb.loc.gov/ead/

• 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/