Digitalizirane zbirke Biblioteke Sarajeva : Zbirke starih i rijetkih knjiga, periodičnih publikacija, dokumenata i druge građe o Sarajevu i Bosni i Hercegovini

By digitizing its holdings and creating the website digital.bgs.ba, which contains digitized collections of old and rare books, periodicals, documents and other materials about Sarajevo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Library of Sarajevo provides access to library materials that represent valuable examples of cultural, historical and scientific heritage, which is in line with the digitization processes worldwide, that in recent decades have been an important segment in the development of cultural policy in the context of creating a modern information society, a society of knowledge and progress based on modern technologies. When deciding which type of material to choose for digitization (in addition to the usual reasons such as: protecting the original, increasing availability, creating a new offer, filling the fund, etc.), we prioritized the following criteria: sensitive material subject to further damage; rarity and uniqueness (rare books, documents and other materials that are significant for BiH and Sarajevo); works that thematise the cultural and historical past of Sarajevo and BiH; books and documents of authors that are significant for Sarajevo and BiH, regardless of the year of publication; books and documents about important Bosnian personalities (historical figures, cultural and sports figures, etc.); material that is no longer subject to the Copyright Law and related rights, which may be of interest to users in the long term; specifically requested material (digitization at the user’s request); documents and material important to the institution (the work is identified with the institution – Sarajevo Library). Our goal is to create quality and usable digital content; to participate in the preservation of the cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina and contribute to the promotion of cultural property on a local and international level; to promote Bosnia and Herzegovina’s cultural values also through electronic media; to provide everyone with access to the written cultural heritage of Bosnia and Herzegovina; to protect valuable originals and enable easier use of library materials (primarily those that are not borrowable outside the Library) and materials that are often not available to users due to damage; to complete our own holdings and collections with digitized content and to offer users a new Library service that will provide them with a faster and better insight into the valuable and diverse materials we own.