on-line resources for Russian books/manuscripts

[Anne Fisher]

hello all,

The State Library of Victoria has a nice interactive site for viewing  
gems from its book collection:

http://www.mirroroftheworld.com.au

You can zoom in on a page to really get the detail. Sort of like how  
you can page through, zoom in on, reverse images of, hear texts of/ 
commentaries on book treasures at the British Museum exhibit with  
their stunning Turning the Pages presentation (warning, this gets  
addictive):

http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html

My question: is there anything like this available, or being  
developed, for Russian books/manuscripts? Something more than just  
static digital images? Given the state of archival/bibliographic/ 
library financing in post-Soviet Russia I know it's sort of a stupid  
question, but...

Thanks,

Annie

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Annie Fisher
Visiting Assistant Professor and Chair
Russian Studies
The College of Wooster
afisher at wooster.edu
330-263-2166
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"Those boys who were to grow up into detestable men gave a single  
toot on their whistles, nibbled at their apples, and blew up their  
balloons hardly at all, in this resembling the girls who already  
showed their pleasure in possession and anticipation rather than  
fulfillment." - V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr. Biswas






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