Australia: Library Digitisation: Library to go digital with $10m handout
THE State Library of NSW has received $10 million to digitise its catalogue of some of its oldest and most valuable works.
The budget funding, allocated over the next three years, would give libraries across the state online access to digital versions of some 18th century manuscripts.
Arts Minister Frank Sartor said: “It is a massive undertaking that will ultimately allow internet users access to the catalogue of original works such as the journals of Sir Joseph Banks, James Cook, Matthew Flinders and William Bligh.
“Many of the more than one million cards in the catalogues are handwritten; others are in faded typescript.”
There are five million items in the library that could be digitally catalogued.
Source: The Australian
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