Archivo General de Indias-Digital Collections Inventory–Appendix II

Council on Library Resources

Commission on Preservation and Access

Digital Collections Inventory Report

Appendix I

ALA Survey of Imaging Projects

1. ARCHIVO GENERAL DE INDIAS, SEVILLE, SPAIN

DESC: Collaborative research project with IBM to preserve more than 8 million fragile documents relating to Spain’s exploration of the New World.

REFS: (1) Gonzalez Garcia, P. “Historical Documentation and Digital Conversion of Images at the Proyecto de Informatizacion of the Archivo General de Indias. Seville.” Microform Review, 18 (Fall 1989): 217-221. (2) “Columbus’ Letters Go On Disc.” Electronic Documents 2, no. 1 (January 1993): 10.