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Online Heritage
The David and Fela Shapell Digitization Project
During the last few
years, the Library has been carrying out a wide-ranging digitization
project thanks to the generous donation of the David and Fela Shapell
Family.
Digitization is the
transfer of various sources into digital format. The process includes
scanning of visual sources or transfer of audio and video recordings to
digital format. The end product of the process is a file, which can be
downloaded and viewed or heard at remote workstations.
In this way, a national
digital library is gradually being developed. This digital library allows
access from afar to the treasures of the Library, via an internet site open
to the general public, both in Israel and throughout the world. The
existence of digital copies also reduces the need for referral to the
originals and thus enables preservation of valuable original sources and
lessens the danger to delicate materials.
This project is part of a
larger plan to produce a hybrid collection of printed material and
electronic resources, which will serve educational and research needs in
Israel and the rest of the world.
At present the digitization
project consists of several collections:
Ketubbot collection
Online Treasury of
Talmudic Manuscripts
Ancient maps of Jerusalem
Holy Land Maps
Ancient maps of Historic Cities
The National Sound Archives
Einstein Archives Online
Early Hebrew Newspapers:
Hazevi, Halevanon, Hamagid, Havazelet, Hazefirah, Hameliz
Digitized Book
Repository
The Great Songs of Moshe
Wilensky
Treasures of the Library:
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Writings
of Maimonides-
Manuscripts and Early Print Editions
-
"The Great Eagle at the JNUL" - A Virtual Exhibition
- Mahzor Worms
- RASHI - "Teacher
of Israel"
- Newton's
Secrets - Virtual Exhibition
Treasures of the Jewish People:
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Nuremberg Mahzor
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