I believe there's some digitising work going on now on specific collections, but the organisation and management of such a volume of data (and of the project itself) is not a trivial task. It no use converting a disorganized heap of paper, books, letters and manuscripts in boxes into a disorganized collection of files where you still can't find anything. Apparently people go rummaging in boxes (good for them, it's research and what the library's for) but then the bits of paper get put back in the wrong boxes and anyway it's not obvious which belong where.

At least putting Steve Roud's index on line has been a big step forward.

Anahata