Archaeology of a Book: An experimental approach to reading rare books in archival contexts

Path: Digitization

The Primeros Libros project is an effort to digitize all books printed before 1601 in the Americas. In this path, we turn our attention to the processes of digitization to answer the following questions:

  • What processes are involved in digitization and what is the relationship between the digital facsimile and the material book?
  • What happens when a geographically widespread set of materials is brought together in an online collection? What decisions are involved in managing the collection, and how do those decisions shape the context of the texts?
  • What new technologies can help us to access and discover this online collection?

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