Start digitizing print collections of the year 1971, when Michael Hart has introduced manually into the computer's Declaration of Independence of the United States. Initiative taken by him led to a burgeoning group of volunteers and turned in perhaps the biggest non-commercial site with books in a digital world. While the first library digital world was not financed nor mentioned above by the federal nor any state budget of Project Gutenberg, both on Polish soil as the first appeared in 1997's Network. This co-created by volunteers of the initiative ahead by more than five years opened with great fanfare Polish Internet Library, which unfortunately due to many different perturbations is not developing as it would expect that the environment of librarians.
Today, digital libraries developing in spontaneously. Although the number of libraries that have joined the move the contents of books threatened by the passage of time or other adverse factors increases, it is still too small and in the eastern part of the Polish do not exist at all. While digitizing evoked response in the form of numerous publications, however, until the book Margaret Doe has not been described in a comprehensive manner.
"The ultimate objective of development - according to the author - is characteristic of digitization strategies adopted by individual libraries, the overall evaluation of the achievements of libraries in this area and attempt to show this type of business prospects for the future." Issues raised in the book is important especially in view of ongoing development aimed toward the Polish economy based on knowledge. Without the resources offered by digital libraries have not been able to protect a substantial part of national heritage, which consists of virtually unknown works of authors whose works have been issued once. Malgorzata Kowalska divided the book into two parts. The first, entitled "Application of digital technology in the protection of the heritage of the documentary is devoted to the digitization of the manifold aspects ranging from technical through organizational, ending the law. "Digitizing their collections in Polish libraries" is the title of Part Two, devoted to the practical effects of that action.
Even though the author's words contained in the preface to the fact that this book does not fulfill the function of the guide, it should be stressed that it should become necessary to release the reference library of every person in charge of the work dygitalizacyjnymi in the library. Without a doubt he deserves it because of the wide issues undertaken in the development of bringing together in one place, topics addressed in many articles scattered over many journals and publishing agreements. However, remained an area overlooked by the author. Although the book's title clearly indicates that the issue is summed up on issues related to the digitization of library collections undertaken, but it seems that it lacks even a subsection devoted to initiatives undertaken at the intersection of law, which are becoming increasingly popular. In addition to the European Digital Library and the awakening of controversy, Google, the author actually did not describe any of the project also sets dygitalizującego protected by copyright. And you may find that because of digitization run by commercial companies, the role of the library as a center for collecting the literature will be threatened, and to read the book, not purchased in person, today's library users will be forced in the near future, use one of web services operating on the borderline of the law.
entire review is in the "Librarian's Guide," No. 9 / 2007 p. 24 - 26
Thank you for the gift of Mrs. Margaret in book form.
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