Digital Libraries - Example: The CORE Project

Some digital libraries have been developed for a profession. The CORE Project is such an effort, for the field of chemistry. It involves the major US publisher and information provider of chemistry information, the American Chemical Society, and its subsidiary, Chemical Abstracts Service.

Statistics regarding CORE Digital Library:

• Pages: 430K (now 375K)
• Extracted Graphics: 387K
• Articles: 82K
• Gbytes Page Images: 50
• Gbytes Text: 4.4
• Gbytes Graphics: 6
• Gbytes Index: 11
• Scanning from: paper, microfilm
• High Resolution (to print): 300dpi (2560x3328) B&W
• Low Resolution (to display): 100dpi (856x1109) grey scale
• Conversion of Figures: extraction
• Conversion of Text: typesetter tapes to SGML
• search engine: OCLC's Newton
• Interfaces: OCLC's SCEPTER, Bellcore's Pixlook