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SCOPE OF ACTIVITY
PREPARATION OF DATA |
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Preparation of Genizah-Related Data
Pre-FGP academic materials, compiled from the time of the discovery of the Genizah in the end of the 19th century until today - such as printed or computerized catalogs, bibliographies, translations, citations, transcriptions in various formats and handwritten cards - need to be minutely analyzed, converted into computer format. and then integrated into FGP's database. When the information is not in computer format, as is the case with much of the data written in the earlier part of the previous century, the task is assigned to research teams. In some cases, the conversion can be achieved using specially-designed software, and in others the conversion requires varying degrees of manual processing. Bibliographical References In order to cover such references for all other Genizah collections, a special Bibliography Team was established, whose main mission is to check all publications (mainly in Hebrew) until 2004 for mentions of non-Cambridge or Westminster fragments, and to complete the Cambridge Bibliographies checking a few periodicals that were not processed by Cambridge. Catalog Entries MORE ABOUT SCOPE OF ACTIVITY
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ll academic materials developed by FGP-funded research teams are uploaded into the FGP computer via a custom-designed input module which standardizes the manner in which academic material is presented and virtually eliminates mistakes.