New York Public Library Bolsters Already Expansive Digital Collection, Adding 200,000 Items

Government Technology:     The word “library,” for some, conjures images of dusty shelves packed full of old books, all managed by an ill-tempered caricature with a beehive hairdo and horn-rimmed glasses. But the New York Public Library has been turning this tired stereotype on its head and rethinking how the world accesses its colossal collection online.

Since 2005, the New York Public Library has shared an impressive online offering of digitized items in high resolution. In January 2015, the institution released an updated iteration boasting more than 800,000 digitized texts and images in an easy-to-navigate format.

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