Kolaż z obiektów zdigitalizowanych w ramach „Patrimonium” wraz z logotypem projektu

Patrimonium (full name Patrimonium – the digitalization and release of Polish national heritage from the collections of the National and Jagiellonian libraries) is a 3-year (2017–2020) project of digitization whose main aim is to provide wide and free access to the most valuable and oldest Polish written sources from the two largest libraries in Poland ( the National Library and the

Jagiellonian Library Jagiellonian Library ( pl, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, popular nickname ''Jagiellonka'') is the library of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and with almost 6.7 million volumes, one of the largest libraries in Poland, serving as a public libra ...

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ostęp 2018-03-20/ref> “Patrimonium” is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, sub-measure 2.3.2: “Digital sharing of cultural resources” of the “Digital Poland Operational Programme 2014–2020”, and by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland.Strona projektu „Patrimonium”
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The idea of the project

The project was initiated by the National Library of Poland which, for many years, has been working on digitization of its collection and release in digital form. The implementation of this project improves digital access to numerous Polish written sources offered in the highest quality. “Patrimonium” is a project that integrates the two collections – of the country’s main library and its oldest academic library – which are unique on a national scale. The exceptional historical value of these collections and their important role in culture make them the core of the National Interlibrary Collection and, according to the regulation of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of July 4, 2012, they are subject of particular conservation protection. Thanks to the digitization of the most precious items in their collections, both institutions are able to gradually limit access to the priceless originals for readers in favor of the use of their digital copies and replace them with their digital copies. The growing digital collection is available via both: Polona Digital Library and Jagiellonian Digital Library (JBC), whereas graphical interface of

Polona Polona is a Polish digital library, which provides digitized books, magazines, graphics, maps, music, fliers and manuscripts from collections of the National Library of Poland and co-operating institutions. It began its operation in 2006. Colle ...

will be further developed.

Collections

The digitization process covers over one million items: 652 thousand items from the collections of the National Library of Poland and 348 thousand items from the Jagiellonian Library. This number includes manuscripts, maps, sheet music, drawings and engravings, as well as books from the 19th and 20th centuries. The largest group of the digitized items are periodicals and ephemera dating back to the 18th–20th c., often the only preserved copies. The lists of the objects digitized within the “Patrimonium” project are published on its website.Digitalizacja w Bibliotece Jagiellońskiej, listy obiektów
ostęp 2018-03-20/ref> All the works digitized in the project belong to the

public domain The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, ...

, so they can be used for academic, educational, artistic and commercial purposes without any limitations.

External links

POLONA - National Digital Library

References

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