An occasional newsletter from the Digital Humanities Research Librarian New manuscript readers available
It's now possible to read digitised documents from the Library's rare book and manuscript collections on two new viewers implemented by the Research Computing Team.
Read our digital books on a turn-the-page viewer try these sample pages from our copy of Ptolemy's Works (Roy PA4404.A2B51 )...
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...and flat documents can be viewed on this simpler page-viewer. Have a look at the celebratory address sent by Columbia University to mark St Andrews' 500th anniversary in 1911(UYUY185-7109).
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What would you like us to digitise? As Digital Humanities Research Librarian, I'm working with Special Collections staff to create St Andrews Digital Collections, a portfolio of digital items from the Library's rare book and manuscript holdings, to be held within a new digital repository. I would be glad to hear from you if there is material in the Library's collections which you would find it useful to have digitised. We would like to focus on items which would be of genuine use to staff and students, and would be particularly keen to help if you are engaged in research projects which might feature our digitised books or manuscripts. If this is of interest, please contact me at alice.crawford@st-andrews.ac.uk.. Follow our Digital Humanities blogs: wearingmydigitalhumanitieshat and Research Computing blog
From: Dr Alice Crawford, Digital Humanities Research Librarian, University of St Andrews Library, North St, St Andrews. KY16 9TR. Phone: 01334 462317. Email: ac101@st-andrews.ac.uk.