"The Cambridge University Library plans to digitize some of the most significant rare books and manuscripts in its vast collection thanks to a gift of more than $2.1-million from a British philanthropist."
..."The digitization effort will start with two collections: the Foundations of Science and the Foundations of Faith. They include some of the oldest Korans in existence, as well as centuries-old Christian and Jewish texts, and papers by well-known scientific thinkers like Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley." (http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Cambridge-Library-Will/65803/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en) "The Library's faith collections are breathtaking. They include some of the oldest and most significant Qur'ans ever to be uncovered, as well an Eighth Century copy of Surat al-Anfal. The Library also holds the world's largest and most important collection of Jewish Genizah materials, including the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection - 193,000 fragments of manuscripts as significant as the Dead Sea Scrolls." (http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2010060305) Thanks, Rachel Rachel Leket-Mor Religion, Philosophy, Jewish Studies Librarian Collections and Scholarly Communication Office, Tempe Campus Arizona State University Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@osu.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
