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Digital Archive
Manuscripts & Rarities
The
Digital Archive project comes within the BA's efforts to meet the
challenge of the digital age. It aims at the production of
exhaustive digital copies of the BA's manuscript collection
numbering more than six thousand titles, as well as rare books, maps
and momentous documents. The project is indented for the fulfillment
of two goals. Firstly, to make the rare codices accessible to the
public so as to achieve the optimum benefit from the information
they contain. Secondly, to preserve them under appropriate climatic
conditions away from direct circulation and other damaging factors
to guarantee their longevity. Thus, digital copies are placed on CDs
meant as a backup against potential loss. Moreover, digital copies
of the collection are reprocessed with different software for
purposes of consultation and study in the Manuscript Reading Room.
Whereby, researchers can search the manuscript database for a given
manuscript then review it on one of the computer sets available in
the reading room. The CDs of the Digital Manuscript Archive will be
offered also for exchange with other academic centers and
international libraries. It is noteworthy that the Digital Archive
and the Digital Manuscript Library are different in character,
though both are ambitious endeavors implemented by the Manuscript
Center.
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