'Istanbul Cultural Heritage Digital Project' (DigitalKütüpİST)

Cultural heritage products and collections preserved in libraries in Istanbul are brought together on a common digital platform.

The platform, where the cultural heritage of the libraries in Istanbul will come together, is aimed to be transformed into a national information network through integrated studies and stakeholder participation. Within the scope of the project, the electronic cultural heritage collections of the libraries in Istanbul, especially the valuable works in the IU Central Library and Rare Works Library collections, will be made available on a common digital platform. Collections of similar scope are also transferred to electronic media to provide content for the platform.

With the DigitalKütüpIST project, valuable works such as manuscripts, rare books, newspapers, photographs, maps, and Ottoman period music notes in the collections of libraries will be digitized and made available on a platform. The project will provide open and fast access to digital cultural heritage resources for researchers, academics, students, and professionals.

Although a new university, the Library of Ibn Haldun University enriched the Rare Works Collection through donations and purchasing of valuable collections. Therefore, the library has 991 Ottoman and Arabic rare works and ten manuscripts. Among these are many rare lithographs and valuable works such as the 444-year-old "Tafsiru Ebi's-Suûd," the Bible, and the Torah, which we brought from America under harsh conditions. Undoubtedly, science "needs collaboration and exchange of ideas." With this perspective, we strive to digitize our rare works and present them to the service of humanity. By participating in the IDA project, which has the same purpose, We aim to contribute to sustainability, accessibility, and visibility studies.