This article presents the resulting experience of Digital Library Group of PUCRS University, for the process of capture and conversion of existing documents from traditional format (paper) to a digital format. The major steps of the process are presented and evaluated using two different systematics: one based on HTML conversion; and other based on the creation of PDF files for Adobe Acrobat Reader software. Critical issues such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and characteristics evaluation of the collection to be converted are approached also. At the end, is presented a comparative study between the two systematics, identifying positive and negative characteristics to be considered for choosing a work direction.
Conversion of documents from the traditional to the digital format; Systematics of conversion to HTML; Creation of PDF files; OCR technologies
