Digitizing Library Card Catalogue Retrospectively on Exploring Scanning and OCR Technique at University of Mumbai – Some Lessons.

Abstract

Retrospective conversion though the old and well-studied subject requires research in finding out an automated data capturing method. In this paper an attempted has beenmade to explore the digitization technique of scanning and converting the title and verso of the title page into optically recognized character for capturing bibliographic details of a document. The result of the digitization exercise done in this regard clearly indicate the inherent limitations and thereby caution the library professionals to explore this technique with alternative approaches till either change and consistency in publication style is appealing to the publishers or changes in OCR software takes place. The same technique however had been explored for specific subject search andwas successful.