{"id":5199,"date":"2026-08-28T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=5199"},"modified":"2026-08-28T17:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:21:39","slug":"digitization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/explore-collections\/digital-collections\/digitization\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitization at BU Libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"about\">About the Lab<\/h2>\n<p>The Digitization Lab at Boston University Libraries provides in-house digitization support for open access research of Boston University\u2019s scholarly works and Special Collections holdings through high-quality, standards-based practices. Their work helps make BU scholarly works and the 60,000+ linear feet of archival holdings discoverable and digitally available for research across our campus community, the broader Boston community, and by a network of scholars across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>The Digitization Lab is staffed by skilled professionals and trained student workers who operate specialized equipment designed to convert a variety of archival and library materials into digital formats. Digitization projects are evaluated by BU Libraries repository staff partners in collaboration with Digitization Lab staff.<\/p>\n<p>Explore digitized special collections material on the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.bu.edu\/\">BU Digital Library<\/a> and digitized scholarly material on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.bu.edu\/\">OpenBU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5202\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/library\/files\/2026\/08\/SW-DV_ATIZ-07102024_JPG_04-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"ATIZ Book Cradle with staff operator\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"wp-image-5202 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/08\/SW-DV_ATIZ-07102024_JPG_04-636x424.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/08\/SW-DV_ATIZ-07102024_JPG_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/files\/2026\/08\/SW-DV_ATIZ-07102024_JPG_04-768x512.jpg 768w, 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