Sometimes the value of a book goes beyond its written word. Sometimes there is an intrinsic value in the book, itself. A power in its volume. A compelling curiosity to discover what lies beyond the next page. A value in the writing, illustration, and bookmaking, combined.
The Opening Books Project by DatAchieve Digital can help your organization bring important archival and rare books out of the glass case and into the hands of students, scholars, and the general public.
Through online access, interactive kiosks, and CD-ROMs, Opening Books can help you open doors, making important literary and historical works available in an intuitive digital format, complete with turning pages, that is almost invisible to the reader, while conserving original documents and generating interest and revenue for your organization.
The Opening Books Project will work with your organization to find grants, corporate sponsorship of museum and library exhibits, and other funding sources to preserve and provide access to your collection. For more information about Opening Books you may contact DatAchieve Digital at 800-706-1191 or send us an Email.
Recent News
February 11, 2008 - The Smithsonian Institution has selected the Opening Books Project to make featured books from their rare and valuable collections accessible to the public through interactive kiosks within the museums..
February 7, 2009 - The Opening Books Project and DatAchieve Digital are pleased to have been selected as a finalist for the Washington County Maryland Business Innovation Award, 2008.
November 27, 2006 - Opening Books has been chosen to provide online access to the original Pashtun language version of the Diwan of Rahman Baba. A 17th Century Afghan writer, Rahman Baba (Abdul Rahman) was destined to become one of the most loved and well known poets in Pashto literature.
September 17 , 2006 - The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts will feature an Opening Books kiosk in the Groh Gallery during the museum’s three-month long seventy-fifth anniversary celebration. The exhibit will allow visitors to view and closely exam fragile documents pertaining to the founding of the museum while displaying the originals under glass.
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