Virtual Reading Room of the Russian State Library

Digitisation of physical items within the framework of the “Culture” national project in the year of 2024. Webinar of the “Rare and Valuable Books” project office

9 July, 2024, there was held a regular webinar devoted to work with rare and valuable books under the “Culture” national project. Tatyana N. Sidorova, head of the Department of registration and digitisation of rare and valuable books of the “Rare and Valuable Books” project office of the Russian State Library, and its specialist Olga V. Smelova, together with Elina B. Seleznyova, editor in chief of the “Rare and Valuable Books of the National Electronic Library” website, spoke about the first and second stages of the project of 2024. They provided the latest statistics and also reminded about the necessity to keep to the project timetable. Besides, there was given detailed information on the very procedure of digitisation of physical items and there were specified certain peculiarities of the process of transmitting digital copies by participant organisations.

Is the project to be continued so far? What’s new over there on the https://kp.rusneb.ru/ website? How to fill in the defect list correctly? What is to be minded when composing an annotation for your document (speaking about structure, terms, stylistic matters, etc.)? Join us, and you’ll learn much more! The stream is available on the link.