Vonnegut library tackles digitization.(infotech)(Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library)(Brief article)

The nonprofit Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library (KVML) in Indianapolis announced in November that it had received a combined $76,710 via a grant from Ball State University (BSU), Muncie, IN, and partner contributions to tackle several projects for the library. One of them, involving Vonnegut manuscripts in Indiana University Bloomington's Lilly Library, the Indiana Historical Society, and other collections, aims to digitize rare archival material and make it more accessible to the general public via a digital display.

"We wanted to create a manageable 'archive' for the KVML, so that fans who come to it on a pilgrimage will be rewarded with intimate knowledge and tourists who come …