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Information Request regarding digital indexing and access to loca l history newspapers



The Fremont Main Library is looking into options for improving access to the
newspaper articles in our Local History collection. We have some entire runs
of historic local newspapers on microfiche and are looking into the
feasibility of scanning the microfiche, using OCR software to make the scan
searchable, and creating a subject index. We are also interested in the
possibility of retaining the newspaper collection online to provide for
full-text searching.

I am looking for input from any libraries which have experience with
providing digital access to newspapers and/or with using software to create
an index automatically from a scanned copies.

I hope you may be able to point me towards similar projects.

Thank you,

Janet Cronbach, Reference Librarian
Fremont Main Library
2400 Stevenson Blvd.
Fremont, CA 94538

jcronbach@aclibrary.org

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