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Metadata as an Analy1cal and Wri1ng tool:
DEVONthink and Scrivener
Rachel Kantrowitz, New York University American Historical Associa1on
January 2, 2015
Abundance of sources
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DEVONthink
Scrivener
Metadata
OCR
Overview: Tools and Programs
Tools: A few terms
• Metadata è data about data • OCR è Op1cal Character Recogni1on
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Metadata and tagging
Programs
1) DEVONThink Pro Office
2) ABBYY Finereader
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Tagging
OCRing renders your archival documents text searchable
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Scrivener’s corkboard for brainstorming
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Scivener + DEVONthink integra1on
Split Screen in Scrivener
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DEVONthink
Scrivener
Metadata
OCR
Review
Thank you!
More informa1on: rachelkantrowitz.com Rachel Kantrowitz PhD Candidate
New York University