[WEB4LIB] Table of contents database

[Isabel Danforth]

Does  scanning the tables of contents violate copyright law?

Isabel



At 01:36 PM 2/22/99 -0800, Hanan Cohen wrote:
>Our library is engaged in quit an ambitious project. We are scanning the
>table of contents of ALL our reference books, OCR them and put it in a
>database. The objective of this project is for our patrons to be able to
>find books not only by their title or classification but also by words
>that appear in their content.
>
>We are a small town library with about 8,000 reference books.
>
>I would like to know if there are other projects like this and would
>like to share thoughts and experience.
>
>Thanks
>-- 
>Hanan Cohen
>
>Kiryat Gat Central Library
>Kibbutz Tamuz - Beit Shemesh http://www.tamuz.org.il
>***Love and Peace***
>
>
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