NYU TO CREATE ARABIC LANGUAGE DIGITAL LIBRARY

摘要

New York University has announced the creation of Arabic Collections Online (ACO), a project to create a publicly available, digital library of public domain Arabic language content. NYU Libraries will create a Web site for the project to make the content accessible to the public worldwide. Funded by New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), this mass digitization project aims to expose up to 15,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions over a period of five years. NYU and the partner institutions will contribute all types of material-literature, business, science, and more-from their Arabic language collections. NYU Libraries Digital Library Technology Services will develop and manage the online interface, creating a Web portal accessible to the public.