[WEB4LIB] Re: Table of contents database

[Jian Liu]

Probably not. Think about all the indexes. Also, Periodicals
Contents Index by Chadwyck-Healey, and Carl Uncover.

Jian

> 
> Does  scanning the tables of contents violate copyright law?
> 
> Isabel
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> 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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