BiblioVault

BiblioVault

The BiblioVault is a digital repository for scholarly books that enables publishers to manage their books throughout their lifecycles. Development began in late 2001 under the auspices of the University of Chicago Press, with financial support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The repository holds several types of digital files, including original design files, vector PDF files used to print newer books, raster (image) PDF files for older books that have been scanned, and XML files. In addition, BiblioVault stores ASCII files of the text for the older books that were created by OCRing the page images. As of summer 2006, the repository contained digital files for about 14,000 books from 49 university presses.

The BiblioVault is associated with a digital printing center that allows economical short-run printing of titles stored in the repository. Presses can also request that copies of the files for their books be sent to other printers or to various other parties that might use the files for ebook delivery or promotion of the books. The public can search the repository and view marketing information about titles (including, for some books, tables of contents and excerpts).

BiblioVault will provide electronic files for some titles to accessibility offices for students with disabilities, but all other requests to purchase books are directed to the publishers' web sites and shopping carts.

External links

* [http://www.bibliovault.org BiblioVault]


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