World’s Oldest Bible - Digitized!

Until July 6, 2009, if you wanted to see any of the Codex Sinaiticus, touted as the world’s oldest Bible (and perhaps the first real book), you would need to travel to the British Library in London, the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, the National Library in Russia, or the Leipzig University Library in [...]

Posted Under: Digitization, Historical societies, Libraries, Microfilm, Preservation
This post was written by Chris Swiser on July 14, 2009 Comments (1)

Chronicling America passes one million pages

Chronicling America made the news a couple of weeks ago for hitting the one million page mark.  This project, started in 2007, is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, which in turn is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and the states, “to provide enhanced access to [...]

Posted Under: Digitization, Libraries, Microfilm, Preservation
This post was written by Chris Swiser on July 1, 2009 Comments (0)