Collection of digitised library resources on the AZON platform — effects of participation of the WMU Main Library in the partnership project “e-scienceplus.pl Active Information Platform”

Abstract

Between 2016 and 2019, the Wrocław Medical University took part in the partnership project “e-scienceplus.pl Active Information Platform” led by the Wrocław University of Technology. As a result of the involvement of the WMU Main Library, a collection of library resources dedicated to medical science and education in the 19th and early 20th centuries was created and made available on the AZON platform. The digitisation process involved several steps, from setting the criteria to select documents for digitisation, to creating metadata and substantive content descriptions, to digital processing and file conversion to specific formats. During the staged implementation process, a proprietary IT tool was used to support work organisation and control. The project continues under the name “Open Science 2.0 Resource Atlas”. Both projects were financed from European Union funds under the Operational Programme Digital Poland.

Keywords

• digital libraries
• repositories
• electronic documents
• digitisation of library collections
• european projects