New Vatican Library Website Aims to Serve Scholars, Entice Curious
From the Catholic News Service:
The Vatican Library has revamped its website to serve scholars better and facilitate navigation for the curious.
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With a fresh look, easier and more intuitive navigation, and greater online services for researchers, the updated site, www.vaticanlibrary.va, went live in mid-July, right when the library closed for the summer months.
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Some of the new features, the monsignor said, include more powerful and expanded search functions, and registered researchers can now easily ask staff questions and order digital reproductions of manuscripts, texts and other materials from the libraries collections.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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