IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ONLINE DATABASE FOR TABLES OF CONTENTS OF BOOKS

Many small libraries do not have the resources to build a holdings dat abase. Thanks to the availability of affordable scanners and improved OCR software, a new approach for creating an online database is possib le. This database is filled through a series of stages. First, the boo k information and table of contents pages are scanned and converted to text using OCR software. Then, a computer program is used to extract as much information as possible, with a human making corrections and s upplying missing information. Finally the information, which consists of the title, author; ISBN, publication year; call number and other re levant information for books, as well as the entire table of contents, is stored and added to an Ovid database.