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Without a doubt, LDI is still very much in its beginning stages, even though the University has already made forays into digital technology. But LDI is much more ambitious than anything Harvard has attempted before.
When the project is finally completed and information becomes instantly available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to members of the Harvard community, Cline won't be the only person on campus excited about digital information.
For Harvard students, a digital library means greater access to statistical information, databases, image banks, archives or letters too delicate to circulate through Widener Library, Cline says.
For current undergraduates, information may not be quite so instantly available yet. But the Library Digital Initiative (LDI), a University-wide campaign announced earlier this year, has begun the work necessary to creating a digital library-an on-line centralized collection of materials hard to store and circulate through traditional...
"Everyone is very excited that Harvard is moving assertively toward the use of more digital content," says Nancy Cline, Larsen librarian of Harvard College and the chair of the LDI steering committee. "It's almost like exploring a new frontier in digital information."