In addition to children’s books, the digital lab has digitized rare books from the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI). The digital lab has been digitizing rare books since its inception. Funding has come from a variety of sources; originally from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation, then from METRO and now through a private donor. Most recently, the lab digitized manuscripts from the 15-16th century pertaining to a famous Renaissance controversy between the Christian Hebraist Johannes Reuchlin and the anti-Jewish agitator Johannes Pfefferkorn, who advocated for the destruction of all Jewish books. The digital lab is ideally suited for the digitization of rare books. It is an in-house lab which reduces the risk of loss and damage that can occur during the shipping of books to external vendors. Moreover, the digitization staff is given the time to treat each book carefully and according to its often fragile or tightly-bound condition. This ensures that they are not damaged during the digitization process.