Preserve the Past for the Future: Digital Library of the National Library of Austria

Author: Johanna Rachinger, Director General, the National Library of Austria

Abstract: The paper reveals the following aspects of activities of NL Austria: the digitization of information, which began in late 1990 through digitizing the card catalog to be posted on the Internet, the digitization of special holdings and archival collections; digitization of national periodicals (project ANNO), legislation and parliamentary documents ALEX; making available online of the XIV—XIX books collection («Austrian books online») in a public private partnership with Google; gathering of web-publications and creation of Austrian web-pages archive. Being a member of Europeana, NB Austria also participates in EuropeanaTravel4 and EuropeanaConnect3 projects.

Key words: NB Austria, Austrian books online, digitization, Google, Europeana, ANNO, ALEX, web-archives, web-publications, digital libraries.

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