US grants support digitisation
The US Department of Education has awarded more than $2 million in grant funds for international digitisation projects
The US Department of Education has awarded more than $2 million in grant funds for international digitisation projects
US-based Digital Divide Data opens European office to boost employment of disadvantaged youngsters in Asia
The Digital Library for Dutch Literature (Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren, DBNL) is partnering with an Asia-based conversion and digitisation services provider, SPi Technologies to build one of the largest online repositories of Dutch literature. We asked Rene van Stipriaan, editor-in-chief of DBNL, why the resulting website is becoming one of the most popular sites on Dutch literature and is attracting visitors from all walks of life
The executive director of the Association of Research Libraries has urged the US government to finance a large-scale digitisation project as a way to help the economy
A new agreement will see many more digitised books available through Google Book Search and new ways to ensure that copyright owners are paid for this access.
Book digitisation is being driven by consumers, online retailers and search engines, according to a survey by Frankfurt Book Fair.
The UK's JISC funding body will fund 25 projects that aim to improve existing digital content and digitise new materials for sustainable access in the future.
The Wellcome Library is looking for suppliers to help it digitise around 45 million pages of its collection.
By the end of this year, 20 million pages of the British Library's 19th century books will be available electronically. Siân Harris visited the library to see how it is being done
Ingram Digital acquires the iofy digital audiobook platform from Audiofy Corporation.
Interviews for this article have been adapted from recent PhaidraCon roundtable events and from upcoming 2023 editions of EpistemiCast
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