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- In 2021, we opened a new Digital Scan Center, which significantly increased digital image production capabilities and postproduction processes. So far, we have digitized more than nine million items in our collections, with particular strengths in newspaper issues, manuscripts, and pictorial materials.
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The Main Reading Room works with partners across the Library to digitize General collections materials, helping all Library users gain access to unique collection items. We regularly digitize select items from its collections of high research value.
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Digitization technicians at the Library of Congress are trained by Preservation specialists in the basics of careful handling of Library materials and in how to safely support objects on the scanning equipment.
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Feb 13, 2023 · The Library of Congress has a new Digitization Strategy for its collections. As we did for the Library’s Digital Collections Strategy, we are excited to share this overview of it with readers of The Signal blog.
Nov 19, 2021 · The Library of Congress — which is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill, the Madison, Adams, and Jefferson buildings — “ingests” new physical and digital data and metadata continuously.
- Paula Rooney
Dec 14, 2021 · To help modernize operations, the strategy provides a framework to evaluate, reorganize and realign processes and structures to support an increasingly digital collection; train staff to manage a primarily digital acquisition program; and review all digital collections policy and governance groups. Measure Impact.
LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general ...
