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Area Studies Book Digitization
(NEW YORK, January 01, 2008) The Area
Studies Book Digitization Project offers online access to unique international
publications selected from Columbia Libraries' collections. These books, not
previously available in digital format, are out-of-copyright and by-permission works published
in a variety of countries and languages. The texts focus primarily on themes
of travel and encounters among cultures, for example, François Bernier's
Travels
in the Mogul Empire, A.D. 1656-1668, published in 1891 and John William
Colenso's Ten
weeks in Natal : A journal of a first tour of visitation among the colonists
and Zulu Kafirs of Natal, published in 1855.
Texts are fully searchable and persistent URLs are available for citation and
linking. Users can view plain text or downloadable PDF files. Individual titles
are cataloged in CLIO,
Columbia's online library catalog. Or, browse the texts on the Area
Studies Book Digitization web page.
This project was carried out as a collaborative effort between the Area Studies,
Preservation, and Libraries Digital Program Divisions. For more information
about the Area
Studies Book Digitization Project, or about Area Studies collections
and services, visit the Area Studies web page.
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