Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible
The Internet has greatly changed how library users search and use library resources. Many of them prefer resources available in electronic format over traditional print materials. While many documents are now born digital, many more are only accessible in print and need to be digitized. This paper f...
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description | The Internet has greatly changed how library users search and use library resources. Many of them prefer resources available in electronic format over traditional print materials. While many documents are now born digital, many more are only accessible in print and need to be digitized. This paper focuses on how the Colorado State University Libraries creates and optimizes text-based and digitized PDF documents for easy access, downloading, and printing. |
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spelling | doaj.art-af5c07838f89417fb4f3ecb779c12bce2022-12-22T02:33:31ZengAmerican Library AssociationInformation Technology and Libraries0730-92952163-52262010-09-0129315116010.6017/ital.v29i3.31402808Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web AccessibleYongli ZhouThe Internet has greatly changed how library users search and use library resources. Many of them prefer resources available in electronic format over traditional print materials. While many documents are now born digital, many more are only accessible in print and need to be digitized. This paper focuses on how the Colorado State University Libraries creates and optimizes text-based and digitized PDF documents for easy access, downloading, and printing.https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/3140 |
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title | Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible |
title_full | Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible |
title_fullStr | Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible |
title_full_unstemmed | Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible |
title_short | Are Your Digital Documents Web Friendly?: Making Scanned Documents Web Accessible |
title_sort | are your digital documents web friendly making scanned documents web accessible |
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