The CSIC Libraries and Archives Network carries out a policy of digitization of bibliographic or archival materials following internationally accepted standards so that they can be searched by potential users anywhere in the world and that the originals are kept in the best possible conditions, reducing their handling.
Since 2008 these actions have been framed in the different CSIC’s strategic plans, giving rise to Simurg, Digitalized Funds of the CSIC. To date more than 200 projects had been managed with more than 2,5 millions of images of a great variety of documents (manuscripts, old prints, photographs, music sheet, maps, etc.). Simurg content has been harvested since 2015 by Hispana, the Spanish aggregator of digital content, and since 2017 by Europeana. Access to Simurg
