Editing Vatican Library (section)

===Digitization projects===

In 2012, plans were announced to digitize, in collaboration with the [[Bodleian Library]], a million pages of material from the Vatican Library.

On 20 March 2014, the Holy See announced that [[NTT Data|NTT Data Corporation]] and the library had concluded an agreement to digitize approximately 3,000 of the library's manuscripts within four years.<ref>{{cite news | last=McKenna | first=Josephine | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/10712906/Vatican-library-plans-to-digitise-82000-of-its-most-valuable-manuscripts.html | title=Vatican library plans to digitise 82,000 of its most valuable manuscripts | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=20 March 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324015700/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/10712906/Vatican-library-plans-to-digitise-82000-of-its-most-valuable-manuscripts.html | archive-date=24 March 2014| access-date=23 March 2014 }}</ref> NTT is donating the equipment and technicians, estimated to be worth 18&nbsp;million Euros.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-digital-idUSBREA2J1ML20140320 | title=Vatican library will digitize its archives and put them online | work=Reuters | date=20 March 2014 | access-date=28 July 2014 | author=Denti, Antonio | archive-date=12 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312123754/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-digital-idUSBREA2J1ML20140320 | url-status=live }}</ref> It noted that there is the possibility of subsequently digitizing another 79,000 of the library's holdings. These will be high-definition images available on the library's Internet site. Storage for the holdings will be on a three petabyte server provided by [[EMC Corporation|EMC]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/23/storage-giant-emc-looks-to-ease-concerns-about-flash-technology/?__lsa=a4be-3315 | title=Storage giant EMC looks to ease concerns about Flash technology | publisher=Financial Post.com | date=23 July 2014 | access-date=28 July 2014 | author=Greiner, Lynn | archive-date=9 August 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809222520/http://business.financialpost.com/2014/07/23/storage-giant-emc-looks-to-ease-concerns-about-flash-technology/?__lsa=a4be-3315 | url-status=live }}</ref> It is expected that the initial phase will take four years.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Denti|first1=Antonio|title=Vatican library will digitize its archives and put them online|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-digital-idUSBREA2J1ML20140320|access-date=1 August 2014|work=Reuters|date=20 March 2014|archive-date=12 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312123754/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vatican-digital-idUSBREA2J1ML20140320|url-status=live}}</ref>

DigiVatLib is the name of the Vatican Library's digital library service. It provides free access to the Vatican Library's digitized collections of manuscripts and incunabula.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://digi.vatlib.it/about|title=DigiVatLib|website=digi.vatlib.it|access-date=2017-01-17|archive-date=19 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170619162332/http://digi.vatlib.it/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

The scanning of documents is impacted by the material used to produce the texts. Books using gold and silver in the illuminations require special scanning equipment.<ref name=digitize/> Digital copies are being served using the [[CIFS]] protocol, from network-attached storage hardware by [[Dell EMC]].<ref name=itworld/>