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7 th International CALIBER 2009 <strong>Digitization</strong> <strong>as</strong> a <strong>Means</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Preservation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Manuscripts</strong>----g. The emergence <strong>of</strong> standard image formats andcompression technologies making it possibleto share images on computers.Presently, libraries are linked through networks <strong>of</strong>various types. The changes brought by advancementin technology have been so extensive that it isdifficult to <strong>as</strong>sess their total effect but it is clearthat libraries are in state <strong>of</strong> fundamentaltransformation from manual to electronic, digitaland virtual library.3. Tools for <strong>Digitization</strong>The Hardware and S<strong>of</strong>tware tools for digitizationare <strong>as</strong> follows.3.1 Hardwarea. A Computer with the following MinimumConfigurationPentium 4 cl<strong>as</strong>s processor running at 2.0 GHz orhigher512MBminimum memory160GBHard drive18"or larger monitor128MBvideo cardCD-RWand/or DVD-R optical driveb. ScannersScanners are <strong>of</strong> various types. Flat bed scanner isthe most commonly used.c. Digital cameraA digital camera uses a light sensitive processorchip to capture photographic images in digital formon a small diskette inserted in the camera or onfl<strong>as</strong>h memory chips. Digital camer<strong>as</strong> snap picturesby providing a real digital bit map to read directlyinto application.3.2 S<strong>of</strong>t wareThe s<strong>of</strong>t ware required is <strong>as</strong> followsHTML editorXML editorOCR s<strong>of</strong>twareImage editorPage layout and design s<strong>of</strong>twarePDF s<strong>of</strong>twareOCR:The most important s<strong>of</strong>tware is optical characterrecognition. OCR or text recognition is the process<strong>of</strong> electronically identifying text in a bit mappedpage image or set <strong>of</strong> images and then creating afile containing that text in ASCII code or inspecified word processing format. OCR isperformed in order to make every word in thescanned documents computer readable and fullysearchable without having to key every thing intothe computer manually. OCR technologysuccessfully permits the reading <strong>of</strong> documentscontaining a mixture <strong>of</strong> fonts in different sizes andstylesImage editorThis program allows saving images in multiple fileformats, resizing images, cropping etc. The bestexample <strong>of</strong> this s<strong>of</strong>tware is adobe Photoshop.PAGE layout and design s<strong>of</strong>tware. This s<strong>of</strong>twareh<strong>as</strong> more design features than word processors.Adobe page maker is one <strong>of</strong> the s<strong>of</strong>tware availablefor this purpose.PDF s<strong>of</strong>twarePDF is a widely used format .It provides a quickand e<strong>as</strong>y solution for viewing and downloading theonline files. This s<strong>of</strong>tware is freely available oninternet. This formats popularity can be gaugedfrom the files available on internet.- 94 -
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