In 2008, out of the increased mass digitization demands of the University, the Library established the University Digitization Center and one of the two University Data Centers. The goals are to centralize the digitization activities on the campus, to discover and preserve the institutional information resources, and to reinforce implementation of standards and as well as cooperation among different units on the campus.

n April 2008, the University of California, San Diego sent its first shipment of books to be digitized as part of the Google Book Search Library Project, a global effort launched in 2004 to digitize collections from the world’s top universities and libraries to make them searchable and discoverable online.

Brian Flaherty, Assistant University Librarian-Library IT, University of Auckland Martha Chantiny, Division Head for Library Information Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa Robin Chandler, Director, Digital Library Program, University of California, San Diego ODiL began with a request for US$50,000 to digitize items from the libraries of the University of Auckland, the University of Hawaii [...]

Dr. Sim Chuin Peng, Head of Chinese Library, NUS Libraries, Singapore Abstract The Chinese Library of NUS Libraries has a growing unique collection of historical documents on Chinese in Southeast Asia.  To preserve and share this research collection of primary and secondary materials with scholars worldwide, NUS Libraries had undertaken a project in 2004, to [...]

This presentation will outline the National Library of New Zealand’s work on digital preservation, how the National Digital Heritage Archive (NDHA) fits into that work, what is expected to be delivered through the NDHA, and how the organisation is preparing to integrate the new systems.