The Municipal Public Library in Włocławek has one of the largest collections of regional press in the region. The digitalization, which it has begun thanks to the ‘Culture within Reach 2.0’ project, will protect the original collection from destruction and allow it to be preserved for future generations.
The Zdzisław Arentowicz Municipal Public Library in Włocławek has joined the 2018 digitalization project of the Marshal’s Office of the Kuyavian and Pomeranian Voivodeship. In May, it officially opened its digitalization workshop.
“The opening of the digitalization workshop in our library is a landmark moment for us. With this step, our unit is, in a way, entering the 21st century. Participation in this project will allow us to carry out one of our basic tasks, that is, to store collections, make them available and, importantly, protect library materials,” – Andrzej Chmielewski, director of the Włocławek Municipal Public Library, emphasised at the opening of the workshop.
Priority will be given to the digitalization of collections that are valuable, interesting and characteristic of the institution and whose availability would be at risk of destruction, e.g. press collections from the beginning of the century. The Library has one of the largest collections of regional press in the region, including, among others, the Gazeta Kujawska (Kuyavian Newspaper) from its first issue published in 1947. An important criterion for the order of digitalization will be the advice and suggestions of the recipients themselves. The library is keen to digitize its collections of regional literature and documents of social life.
Once digitized, the project’s digital collections will be prepared for publication and made available on the Internet in the form of a ‘virtual museum’ and Digital Guidance Platform, and in urban space in the form of Electronic Poster System displays.
The total value of the equipment for the digitalization workshop of the Zdzisław Arentowicz Municipal Public Library in Włocławek purchased as part of the implementation of the project ,,Culture within Reach 2.0 ” is PLN 468,179.82, of which: 85% of the funds come from the European Regional Development Fund and the budget of the Kuyavian and Pomeranian Voivodeship as part of the Regional Operational Programme of the Kuyavian and Pomeranian Voivodeship 2014-2020, while 15% of the funds are the own contribution of the Municipality of the City of Włocławek in the form of a targeted grant.
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