223 Geoscience Information/Communication: Printed Past, Digital Future—We Hold the Key
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 101DE
RECONSIDER BEFORE DISCARDING PRINT JOURNALS; AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELSEVIER'S JOURNAL BACKFILES IMAGE RESCANNING PROJECT
Paper number: 223-15
Program: Technical Sessions
Time: 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Authors
Abstract
During 2006-2009, Elsevier conducted a rescanning project to correct image problems in their digital journal backfile collections. The author examined 35 titles in the Earth and Planetary Sciences backfile package to evaluate the effectiveness of the rescanning project. The rescanning project corrected a substantial amount of image problems, however the years 1995-1998 were not included in the project, and therefore still contain many unacceptable images. In addition, the algorithm that was used did not identify problem line drawings such as maps, graphs, and charts, therefore a noticeable number of low quality line drawings remain throughout the Elsevier backfile collections.