Proposed

Igbo Digital Library

Our history lives in the books we write, the records we keep, and the knowledge passed down through generations. The Igbo Digital Library is a proposed initiative to preserve and organize materials on Igbo history, culture, language, and intellectual heritage, and to make them easier for our community to find and learn from.

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This initiative is proposed. We're exploring partnerships and responsible ways to preserve materials, and we'd like to hear from people who want to help shape it.

Preserving Our Knowledge. Connecting Generations.

A significant part of our history and knowledge lives in books, archives, oral traditions, and private collections. Much of it is scattered, hard to find, out of print, or at risk of being lost.

Preserving these materials and making them easier to find helps us understand who we are, document our contributions, and give future generations something to learn from.

Building a Repository of Igbo Knowledge

We plan to start with books and written materials, and grow from there. Our approach:

Identify valuable books, publications, and historical documents on Igbo history, culture, and intellectual heritage.
Partner with authors, publishers, researchers, collectors, and cultural institutions, and respect the rights of those who hold these materials.
Preserve materials responsibly, with particular care for rare and fragile items.
Organize and share the collection so the global Igbo community, researchers, and educators can find and use it.

Help Preserve Our Shared Heritage

Building a lasting library takes many hands, from specialists to families who hold pieces of our history. We'd like to hear from:

Authors, writers, and publishers
Historians, researchers, and academics
Librarians, archivists, and preservation specialists
Collectors and keepers of historical materials
Libraries, archives, and cultural institutions
Families and individuals with relevant books, documents, photographs, or recordings
Anyone who wants to support cultural preservation

We aren't accepting materials yet. Tell us what you have or how you'd like to help, so we know who to involve as the initiative takes shape.

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Igbo Digital Library

Get Involved

Preserving Our Knowledge. Connecting Generations.

A significant part of our history and knowledge lives in books, archives, oral traditions, and private collections. Much of it is scattered, hard to find, out of print, or at risk of being lost.

Preserving these materials and making them easier to find helps us understand who we are, document our contributions, and give future generations something to learn from.

Building a Repository of Igbo Knowledge

We plan to start with books and written materials, and grow from there. Our approach:

Identify valuable books, publications, and historical documents on Igbo history, culture, and intellectual heritage.

Partner with authors, publishers, researchers, collectors, and cultural institutions, and respect the rights of those who hold these materials.

Preserve materials responsibly, with particular care for rare and fragile items.

Organize and share the collection so the global Igbo community, researchers, and educators can find and use it.

Help Preserve Our Shared Heritage

Building a lasting library takes many hands, from specialists to families who hold pieces of our history. We'd like to hear from:

Authors, writers, and publishers

Historians, researchers, and academics

Librarians, archivists, and preservation specialists

Collectors and keepers of historical materials

Libraries, archives, and cultural institutions

Families and individuals with relevant books, documents, photographs, or recordings

Anyone who wants to support cultural preservation

We aren't accepting materials yet. Tell us what you have or how you'd like to help, so we know who to involve as the initiative takes shape.