Digitisation projects at Durham University Library - an overview

This paper provides a brief overview of some of the digitisation projects c urrently or recently undertaken at Durham University Library. The projects cover the rang of the ce collection and include: digitising past examinatio n papers, an electronic reserve pilot project, digitising photographs and d igitisation of pre-Ordnance Survey maps and topographical prints. The fundi ng, technical base, standards used, progress and deliverables from the proj ects are described. A number of broader issues which have arisen are descri bed.