Description: The Jewish National and University Library is proud to announce the first stage of a project to digitize rare and out-of-print monographs from its collection. An initial group of some 100 volumes has been digitized with the generous support of the Dorot Foundation. Additional works will be added weekly. Selection will be based on considerations of demand, preservation and funding. Only works in the public domain will be considered. The JNUL catalog record for each such work contains a link to the digitized version. The initial selection of titles ranges from 15th century incunabula to early 20th century works. Further information and a chronological list can be found at the library site. The books are presented in the DjVu format which provides high quality, magnifiable images compressed into relatively small files for easy downloading. In order to view these images it is necessary to download and install (once) a special free viewer program.