Viable compromise (?!), or digitising the main catalogue of the University Library

Abstract

The ELTE University Library is a library of historical significance. When digitising its main catalogue, which is 120 years old, and making it online accessible, a unique method had to be used. After discussing the importance of the catalogue and the main considerations behind the decisions preceding digitisation, as well as the international practice of digitisation and publishing, the article presents the digital catalogue itself.