Michał Górski, Barbara Krasińska, Łukasz Tomkiewicz, Grzegorz Wajda PBC – the oldest pedagogical digital library in Poland
PBC – the oldest pedagogical digital library in Poland

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the article focuses on the definition of a digital library and the history of digitization. In the main part of publication the authors presented the Pedagogical Digital Library (PBC) – its beginnings, the characteristics of the collections and the main assumptions. The next part of the article discusses the principles of PBC operation and explains the digitization processes used in the library. The rules of cooperation with other institutions in the matter of supplementing digital collections were also presented. Then the thematic collections comprising the PBC resource are exhaustively described. The focus was primarily on the key collection of the “Museum of the Handbook”. The last section provides basic statistics on the use of PBCs, discusses projects for the development of digital library and plans for the future. Characteristics were based on the website http://pbc.up.krakow.pl (collection layout, statistics, etc.), publicly available sources and on the authors' own experience.

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