12. A computer system for parsing author names in a document, the system comprising: a scanner with a digital processor, the scanner configured to: electronically scan a document that contains an author name text string, the author name text string comprising a set of initials, one or more surnames, and punctuation, and the author name text string comprising at least one author name in non-standardized format; identify a character sequence in the document as potentially being the author name text string, wherein the identifying is based on: (i) a sequence of title-case words, capital letters, and punctuation in the character sequence, and (ii) the character sequence ending with a recognized indicator; and a parser with a digital processor, the parser configured to: parse the identified character sequence and determining whether the identified character sequence is the author name text string, wherein the parsing and determining comprises: updating the identified character sequence by converting any punctuation or whitespace between terms in the character sequence to single space character, and determining whether one or more author names are contained in the updated character sequence by identifying a pattern of surname and set of initials in the updated character sequence, such that an author name in non-standardized format in the document is identified and output in standardized format.
12. A computer system for parsing author names in a document, the system comprising: a scanner with a digital processor, the scanner configured to: electronically scan a document that contains an author name text string, the author name text string comprising a set of initials, one or more surnames, and punctuation, and the author name text string comprising at least one author name in non-standardized format; identify a character sequence in the document as potentially being the author name text string, wherein the identifying is based on: (i) a sequence of title-case words, capital letters, and punctuation in the character sequence, and (ii) the character sequence ending with a recognized indicator; and a parser with a digital processor, the parser configured to: parse the identified character sequence and determining whether the identified character sequence is the author name text string, wherein the parsing and determining comprises: updating the identified character sequence by converting any punctuation or whitespace between terms in the character sequence to single space character, and determining whether one or more author names are contained in the updated character sequence by identifying a pattern of surname and set of initials in the updated character sequence, such that an author name in non-standardized format in the document is identified and output in standardized format. 14. The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the system parses more than one author name text strings.