The Boston Library Consortium, in cooperation with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation sponsored a Summit Meeting on September 24-25 for the purpose of discussing and promoting an agenda of open access for library resources. The Summit featured university provosts, faculty and non-profit advocacy organizations, as well as an introductory message of support from Senator Christopher Dodd (D)- Connecticut.
The Boston Library Consortium, Inc. (BLC) announced today that it will partner with the Open Content Alliance to build a freely accessible library of digital materials from all 19 member institutions. The BLC is the first large-scale consortium to embark on such a self-funded digitization project with the Open Content Alliance. The BLC’s digitization efforts will be based in a new scanning center, the Northeast Regional Scanning Center, unveiled today at the Boston Public Library.
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