IMAGE READING SYSTEM

A system obtains image data from reading a document by means of a scanning function; creates positional information indicating an area of a particular article included in the image data; creates meta data including bibliographic information of the article, information identifying the article and the positional information; stores the thus-created meta data; delivers to a terminal at least the bibliographic information and the information identifying the article; delivers to the terminal the image data of the article in response to a request; and carries out display control of the article image based on the positional information when the meta data has the positional information of the article, while, when the meta data does not have the positional information of the article, carries out display control of the article image as a result of obtaining the positional information of the article from the information identifying the article.