Challenges of serials text encoding in the spirit of scholarly communication

Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to describe an electronic text project involving a scholarly history journal, and to share findings related to the encoding of serials using the text encoding interchange (TEI) guidelines.

Design/methodology/approach

The project was completed using a combination of in‐house and outsourced digitization and encoding, employing a variety of methods for quality control and encoding guidelines creation.

Findings

Evidence is provided that certain types of encoding should be done in‐house, and describes a variety of mechanisms for capturing granular metadata in serials projects.

Originality/value

The paper covers a number of areas, including serials encoding using the TEI and granular metadata capture, which have not been explored elsewhere in the literature. It also provides guidance for others undertaking similar electronic text projects.

Citation

Dalmau, M. and Schlosser, M. (2010), "Challenges of serials text encoding in the spirit of scholarly communication", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 28 No. 3, pp. 345-359. https://doi.org/10.1108/07378831011076611