Print to Digital Minutes 11/3/1999

All departments have received scanners and are awaiting the adobe
software. The group will begin test-scanning documents to become used to
the document feeder. The document feeder will take up to 25 pages at a
time. The scanners are also equipped with 35-mm transparency adapters.
This will allow the integration of visual data into online reserves.

Bayne and Blocker took a side trip to visit the Science library in
Nashville. The Science Library has begun an online reserve program that
permission is required before reserve material is digitized. The workload
at the Science Library is small. The online reserve system serves only
seven courses. The staff is using E-Res, which presents a template for
cataloging information and facilitated on a simple web page.  The work
flow process is similar to UT's proposed strategy: document to scan, file
upload, into a template for entering information. The Science library has
found it useful to crop the document in Acrobat. They do not use OCR. The
contact at the Science Library is Rick Stringer-Hye.

Smith is continuing his estimation of the reliability of obtaining full
text documents from the various sources available at UT Library. At the
current count, there is a 60% rate of gaining full text, but he has not
completed his entire sample. With the cataloging of E-journals, it will be easier
for staff members to obtain a requested article from any full text source. There are varying license agreements that may limit our ability to link or download materials.

Smith will continue his research and relay the findings.

The group discussed byte-streaming as an option for improved delivery of
the PDF documents. There are three criteria in order to byte stream:  browser
configuration,  Acrobat configuration, and server readiness. Apache is
byte-streaming ready. Netscape 3.x and above can byte stream. Adobe acrobat
4.0, with some setup, can save the file so it is byte-streaming capable.

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