Experiments on Access to Digital Libraries: How can Images and Text be Used Together

Should digital libraries be based on image or text display? Which will serve users better? Experience and experiments show that users can employ either, and that there are technical advantagesto eachformat. Often, material in both formats can be used together, and the long-run trend is probably towards Ascii material, evenif reachedby a circuitous path via images and OCR during a transition.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1994
• Where: VLDB
• Authors: Michael Lesk
• Keywords: Database, Digital Libraries, Technical Advantagesto Eachformat, Text Display, VLDB 1994