Newspapers, magazines, festival booklets and government reports will be converted to a digital format as part of a new project that will be launched during Library Week celebrations, according to Government Information Services.

 

“The digitisation project will provide greater access to cultural and historical documents, as well as preserve the life of original documents by reducing wear and tear on fragile documents,” said Chief Librarian Suzanne Greenaway.

A $25,000 digitisation system recently donated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints includes a BookDrive DIY digitiser, four flat-screen computer systems, a printer, a server, two computer tables and two cameras.

Ms. Greenaway said the system will be demonstrated following a ceremony at 10:15 a.m. on April 24 at the Road Town Public Library.

Besides Ms. Greenaway, speakers will include Education and Culture Minister Myron Walwyn and Larry Lyerly, president of the Tortola Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Library Week will be celebrated from April 20-26 under the theme “Public Libraries: Continuing to Build an Intellectual Virgin Islands in the 21st Century.”

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