Category: Arts & Special Collections Research Center

Out of the Pew Backs and Onto the Web: Digitizing 50 Unique Hymnals for Online Access

This post was written by Jon Snyder, Access Services Coordinator with the Arts & Special Collections Research Center. Hymnals and hymnbooks are intertwined with the history of church music going back to early printing. They’ve been housed in the pew racks of churches in one manner or another for centuries, in addition to smaller books intended for personal use carried…