Difference between revisions of "Treating the Traité"
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<code>convert spreads/*.jpg -crop 2x1@ pages/%03d.jpg</code> | <code>convert spreads/*.jpg -crop 2x1@ pages/%03d.jpg</code> | ||
| − | The properties of the original pdf mention a paper size of 200 × 260 mm (and also that the file was created with <code>ABBYY FineReader</code> on <code>Monday December 3, 2007 16:25:51 CET</code> (This file is already 6 years old ...). I am not sure if the measurements refer to the size of the spread or the single page, but from the detailed description in the catalog of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent | + | The properties of the original pdf mention a paper size of 200 × 260 mm (and also that the file was created with <code>ABBYY FineReader</code> on <code>Monday December 3, 2007 16:25:51 CET</code> (This file is already 6 years old ...). I am not sure if the measurements refer to the size of the spread or the single page, but from the detailed description in the catalog of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent <ref>http://lib.ugent.be/catalog/rug01:000990276#reference-details</ref> I gather that pages are 26cm high, and will fit comfortably on an A4: <code>431, [12], viii p. : illus. ; 26 cm.</code> |
I then simply put all images back into a new pdf: | I then simply put all images back into a new pdf: | ||
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Tomorrow I'll have the document printed and bound. Can't wait. | Tomorrow I'll have the document printed and bound. Can't wait. | ||
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Original scans http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/handle/1854/5612/Traite_de_documentation_ocr.pdf | Original scans http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/handle/1854/5612/Traite_de_documentation_ocr.pdf | ||
OCR https://archive.org/details/OtletTraitDocumentationUgent | OCR https://archive.org/details/OtletTraitDocumentationUgent | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 1 February 2015
Printing
The Traité de documentation : le livre sur le livre, théorie et pratique is an almost hypertextual book on documentation, written in the 1930's by Paul Otlet. It has many cross-references, tables and illustrations; at times it is written in encyclopedic style, turns into a passionate manifesto, speculative fiction, and a practical manual for librarians. The pdf I have is badly OCR-ed and too heavy for reading comfortably on a digital device. So this morning I transformed the digital version into something that I can print at a copy shop.
I started with extracting the images from the pdf with the help of the imagemagick convert command:
$ mkdir spreads
$ convert Traite\ de\ documentation\ -\ Paul\ Otlet.pdf spreads/%03d.jpg
Next I removed front- and back-cover (they will be treated separately), and also 113.jpg (pages 118-119 are repeated), then cut each spread in half:
mkdir pages
convert spreads/*.jpg -crop 2x1@ pages/%03d.jpg
The properties of the original pdf mention a paper size of 200 × 260 mm (and also that the file was created with ABBYY FineReader on Monday December 3, 2007 16:25:51 CET (This file is already 6 years old ...). I am not sure if the measurements refer to the size of the spread or the single page, but from the detailed description in the catalog of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent [1] I gather that pages are 26cm high, and will fit comfortably on an A4: 431, [12], viii p. : illus. ; 26 cm.
I then simply put all images back into a new pdf:
convert pages/*jpg traite.pdf
Tomorrow I'll have the document printed and bound. Can't wait.
Sources
Original scans http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/handle/1854/5612/Traite_de_documentation_ocr.pdf OCR https://archive.org/details/OtletTraitDocumentationUgent
Transcribing the Traité
in progress on Wikisource
https://github.com/PaulOtlet/traite
http://traite.czam.de/en/latest/otlet_traite_1934_FR.html#i-buts-de-la-documentation