Colección hemerográfica local digital de las bibliotecas públicas de la provincia de Barcelona

The Public Library Service of the Diputación de Barcelona (Provincial Council) is carrying out a project to digitise historical periodicals of local interest deposited in diverse municipal libraries of the province’s network. In addition to the physical preservation of these unique collections, the intention is to index the issues and make the data available through the Service’s web page. The article discusses the phases of the project, the work procedures that have been developed, the economic investment that this endeavour represents the economical forecast for 2004, as well as the future outlook of the provincial digital library