The Wellcome Library has announced the launch of an ambitious digitisation project, to provide free, online access to its collections, including archives and papers from Nobel prize-winning scientists Francis Crick, Fred Sanger and Peter Medawar

http://wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/08/wellcome-library-launches-major.html. This pilot project will see the digitisation of up to 1m images from the Wellcome's archival and book holdings. A new digital library infrastructure will also be created as part of this project for long-term preservation, management and delivery of digital content.

The project is highlighted in a BBC audio slideshow published today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11016755.

Dr Christy Henshaw
Digitisation Project Manager
Wellcome Library
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London NW1 2BE
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Website: Wellcome Library Digitisation programme
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