Digitization of imprints unique to the Herzog August Bibliothek within the VD 17 database with additional titles selected on criteria of region and relevance. A contribution to the complete digitization of the VD 17 database (masterplan/ Typ 1,2 and 4)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Peter Burschel
• Term: from 2019 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 424186329

The project is part of a general plan to digitize most of the imprints found in the VD 17 database, providing central access to them and making a substantial contribution to the complete digitization of German printed cultural heritage.The goal of the project is to contribute significantly to this joint programmatic effort to digitize VD17, one of the most important national bibliographical resources. In the three-year funding period the HAB will digitize 6.000 titles with nearly 720.000 pages according to the standards of DFG Guidelines on Digitization Practice, also providing structural and bibliographical metadata. All digital copies are available under a Creative Commons licence, CC BY-SA.The digital copies will be able to be accessed via the VD17 database, the OPAC of the library, the GBV union catalogue and the so-called ZVDD. Persistent identifier and metadata of the digital copies will be delivered via an OAI interface within the Wolfenbüttel Digital Library (WDB), allowing other institutions such as the National Library (DDB) or the Europeana to harvest the data.

• DFG Programme: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)