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Peer reviewedCarter, Thomas L. – Catholic Library World, 1994
Because of space and staff constraints, the Vatican Library can issue only 2,000 reader cards a year. Describes IBM's Vatican Library Project: converting the library catalog records (prior to 1985) into machine readable form and digitally scanning 20,000 manuscript pages, print pages, and art works in gray scale and color, creating a database…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Internet
