Digitalisation of the Lund University Film Society's library
The Lund University Film Society is the largest and oldest organization of its kind in Sweden. Non-commercial and largely dependent on its volunteer staff, the Society has approximately 600 members. Founded in 1929, the society has housed a film library since a very early date. Over the years it has become a cultural treasure house with a vast collection of film literature and magazines. The library was, and still is, of great importance to film scholars at the Department of Comparative Literature, Lund University. Although not recently updated, it remains the second largest of its kind in Sweden. The main problem a volunteer-based organization faces is, of course, lack of funding. Of necessity, the lion's share of the funds is spent on the acquisition and importation of art-house films, screened four times a week. Consequently, the library has been sadly neglected. However; last year new goals were set: a complete inventory of books and magazines and an update of the index cards. Having completed these tasks, what remains is the present project: to digitise the aforementioned index and make it available on the Internet, thereby giving a wider audience access to the collections regardless of venue and opening hours. The ambition is also to digitise the operation of book lending, in order to simplify the process and prevent valuable books from disappearing. To sum up, efforts are being made to facilitate use of the library and secure its continued well-being.
Digital scientific report in English is missing. Please contact rj@rj.se for information.