Ambition and Achievement
Right from the beginning, Parker Library On the Web was an extraordinarily ambitious collaborative project between Corpus Christi College Cambridge and Stanford University Libraries. The Project Director at the College, Professor John Hatcher, remembers how things went wrong before they went right. From the initial discussions in the early 2000s, the project grew to proportions that seemed for a time to be too much to handle. When things started to go wrong, innovative solutions needed to be found before the project could be completed.
By the end of 2009, all medieval and early modern manuscripts were digitised in full and to a high standard. About 200,000 high-quality images were presented on-line with extensive cataloguing and bibliographic details. The field of medieval manuscript studies was pushed forward and transformed.
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of Parker Library On the Web
The video is a part of a series of videos marking the 15th anniversary of Parker Library On the Web. Stay tuned for the next instalment where the discussion turns to the impact that the newly digitised manuscript collection had on research.
Other posts:
Parker's Gift | The Parker Library | The Early Years | Opening up Access | Teaching with Medieval Manuscripts
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