The Bodleian Library has recently been awarded a grant of over £500,000 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to ensure the preservation and accessibility of digital personal papers – the contemporary versions of manuscripts created by politicians, writers, scientists and intellectuals that are in danger of being lost to future scholarship.

The three-year project, named futureArch, will enhance the work of the library through technical development, innovation in service delivery, and through supporting both curators and researchers in dealing with the demands of digital materials.

The Bodleian Library`s collections of archives and manuscripts are among the most important worldwide in many academic fields including history, politics, literary studies, science and medicine. One of the Library`s most important areas of collecting is in British politics of the 20th and 21st centuries, which represents a significant portion of the UK`s documentary heritage in this field. 
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