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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Main Author: Yongli Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Library Association 2010-09-01
Series:Information Technology and Libraries
Online Access:https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/ital/article/view/3140
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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
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