Digitisation of Special Collections: National and Academic Libraries’ Examples

Rochna Srivastava

doi:10.14429/djlit.24.5.3634

Digitisation of Special Collections: National and Academic Libraries’ Examples

Rochna Srivastava

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.24.5.3634

Keywords: Digitisation, Special collection, National library, British library, National library of Australia

Abstract

The paper describes a few major national and academic libraries of the world that have undertaken projects to exploit the potential of digital technology for displaying unique and fragile materials. It also highlights major goals of these digital projects. Selection criteria of special collections for digitisation, by these libraries, have also been discussed in the paper.

http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dbit.24.5.3634

Published

2003-01-01

How to Cite

Srivastava, R. (2003). Digitisation of Special Collections: National and Academic Libraries’ Examples. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 24(5). https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.24.5.3634

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Vol 24 No 5 (2004)

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Papers

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