The British Library has just digitized 300 works from famous authors never seen before. This includes Virginia Woolf’s manuscript draft of Mrs Dalloway and an early travel notebook in which she begins to explore her ‘stream of consciousness’ technique and Sylvia Plath’s draft manuscripts of The Bell Jar and extracts from her diary. The materials on Discovering Literature: … [Read more...] about British Library Digitizes 300 Literary Works from Famous Authors
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British Library Digitizes More Historical Manuscripts
After the successful digital makeover to the Mewar Ramayana, the British Library plans to apply that treatment to other historical documents. It took three years for the British Library to create the digital copies of the Mewar Ramayana, considered to be one of the best illustrated manuscripts of the great Hindu epic. Marina Chellini, curator of North Indian languages at the … [Read more...] about British Library Digitizes More Historical Manuscripts
British Digital Archive Now Available Only at the Library – No Web Access
The ambitious archive project embarked upon in the UK that aimed to preserve a digital copy of all websites, tweets, Facebook entries, ebooks, newspapers along with other cultural and intellectual works pertaining to the country is now ready to be harvested. Ironically, such a huge digital cache of information can only be accessed from a few select terminals located at … [Read more...] about British Digital Archive Now Available Only at the Library – No Web Access
National Library of Australia Launch Unique Cartography Exhibition, Russel Crowe Lends Hollywood Grace
The National Library of Australia recently held an event in Canberra to mark the launch of the "Mapping our World" exhibition that is showcasing some of the rarest and oldest maps . Lending grace to the occasion was none other than Hollywood star Russell Crowe, a self-professed "map geek who said he has loved pouring over maps since his childhood. “We have a history of … [Read more...] about National Library of Australia Launch Unique Cartography Exhibition, Russel Crowe Lends Hollywood Grace
British Library Offers Trendy eReader Cases
Big Strawberry, an England based company that specialize in the manufacture of cases and covers for digital devices has launched a new range of ereader and tablet cases in association with the British Library. The biggest draw with the new covers is that they mimic a real book and can easily be slipped in a rack with other hardcovers without anyone knowing which one is hiding a … [Read more...] about British Library Offers Trendy eReader Cases
British Library Partners With Qatar Foundation For Digitization of Middle Eastern Historical Records
The British Library has entered into a decade-long partnership with the Qatar Foundation aimed at digitizing archival and manuscript material that numbers more than half a million titles. Such an effort, when completed, will yield a rich source of information of the history and culture of the regions that  date back centuries. Once completed, the digitized material can be … [Read more...] about British Library Partners With Qatar Foundation For Digitization of Middle Eastern Historical Records
British Newspapers Archiving in Digital Format
As digital reading technology gets better and better, so do the applications for its use. Everything from casual reading to textbooks to specific titles to assist readers with special needs has evolved in an electronic edition. Now, over 300 years of archived British newspaper articles, some 65 million or so individual pieces, are being uploaded by Brightsolid and the … [Read more...] about British Newspapers Archiving in Digital Format
British Library and Bibliolabs Introduces New iPad App
The British Library in conjunction with Bibliolabs has released a new Apple iPad App to satiate the literary thirst of customers worldwide. This new application issued today simulates the reading experience much akin to a dusty old tomes. This makes sense due to the fundamental nature of the selection of books made available. Many classic authors such as Charles Dickens and … [Read more...] about British Library and Bibliolabs Introduces New iPad App