Göttingen Digitisation Centre
The Göttingen Digitisation Centre (GDZ) is an institution of the SUB Göttingen and specializes in the retro-digitisation of historical holdings.
About the GDZ
The Göttingen Digitisation Center (GDZ) catalogues and digitises historical and academically significant collections. Its aim is to preserve knowledge for the long term and make it freely accessible worldwide – regardless of time and place.
Founded in 1997 with the support of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and has since established itself as a service for the library and the campus of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
Tasks and Responsabilites
The GDZ digitises historical and academically relevant sources, including:
- Archival records
- Printed works and manuscripts
- Maps
- Estates and collections
Specialised digitisation techniques are used to digitise even fragile originals gently and to a high standard. The materials are systematically catalogued, processed and made available for research, teaching and study.
Access and Use
With more than 15 million digitised pages, the GDZ offers an extensive collection for research, teaching and study worldwide in its digital presentation.
The digitised materials are made available to the scientific and general public and are also integrated into national and international portals such as Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library) and Europeana.
Services
As an institution of SUB Göttingen, the GDZ makes the unique collections of one of Germany’s leading academic libraries available in digital form. In addition, it advises on and supports digitisation projects on the Göttingen campus and within the university’s numerous significant collections, works closely with specialist information services (FID), and offers specialised services for students with visual impairments.