Swedish Literature Bank
The Swedish Literature Bank is a non-profit organisation whose objective is making classic Swedish literature and literary criticism freely available in digital editions. It is a collaboration between the Swedish Academy, the National Library of Sweden, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, the Swedish Language Bank at the University of Gothenburg, the Swedish Society for Belles-Lettres, and the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.
The Swedish Literature Bank publishes Swedish literary classics from the Middle Ages on, including "minor classics" and major historical and religious works,[1] in four digital formats: searchable e-text, facsimiles of the original edition, PDF files and EPUB files. The texts are based either on the first edition or on a subsequent scholarly edition. Authoritative presentations of authors and genres are also provided.
The initiative began after a suggestion by
References
- ^ "Ny litteraturbank på Internet", Vetenskap & miljö, Sveriges Radio, 21 January 2004 (in Swedish)
- ^ a b Anton Emanuelsson, "Alla får lån direkt i Litteraturbanken", Dagens Nyheter, 7 May 2011 (in Swedish).
- ^ "Bakgrund - Om Litteraturbanken: syfte, texturval, bakgrund och organisation", Litteraturbanken, retrieved 22 June 2014 (in Swedish)
- ^ "Litteraturbanken.se – en svensk minivariant (?) på Google Library?", Bibblans blogg, Vadstena Library, 11 May 2011 (in Swedish)
External links
- The Swedish Literature Bank, official site, introduction in English