The Jewish National and University Library is proud to announce the first stage of a project to digitize rare and out-of-print monographs from its collection.
The aim of this project is to make these works freely available not only to on-site users but also to the public worldwide. This will both preserve the originals and greatly increase the number of people who will be able to refer to them. An initial group of some 100 volumes, ranging from 15th century incunabula to to early 20th century works has been digitized with the generous support of the Dorot Foundation. These include the first edition of Maimonides Moreh nevukhim (Rome, approx. 1480), and a Passover Haggadah with Ladino translation (Venice, 1609). Additional works will be added weekly. Selection will be based on considerations of demand, preservation and funding. Only works in the public domain will be considered. The JNUL catalog record for each such work contains a link to the digitized version. Further information and a chronological list can be found at the library site: http://jnul.huji.ac.il The books are presented in the DjVu format which provides high quality, magnifiable images compressed into relatively small files for easy downloading. In order to view these images it is necessary to download and install (once) a special free viewer program. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Elhanan ##################################################################### # Elhanan Adler # # Deputy Director for Information Technology # # Jewish National and University Library # # P.O.B. 39105, Jerusalem 91390, Israel # # Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # Tel.: 972-2-6585005, FAX: 972-2-6511771, Home tel.: 972-2-6515977 # # Mobile tel.: 972-54-6829657 # ##################################################################### Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
