The Sudan Open Archive is a digital library of historical knowledge about Sudan, allowing visitors from around the globe to learn of the struggles of Sudanese aid workers.

The current version of the Archive consists primarily of technical reports and unpublished grey literature from the history of aid in Sudan, covering the period from the start of Operation Lifeline Sudan in 1989 to the present day.

There are many new features that were implemented by Digital Library Consulting that are unique to the Sudan Open Archive.

The most groundbreaking of these is highlighting search terms on the page images so visitors can easily find what they have searched for while reading the pages.

Another striking new feature is on-the-fly document generation out of the raw image files for download by visitors, saving space and allowing more data to be stored on the distribution DVD.

Finally, thumbnails of the document pages are aligned vertically down the left side of the page while reading, giving the visitor an overview both of their place in the document and what is on subsequent and previous pages.

These changes were made possible by the extensible nature of the Greenstone Digital Library software — new abilities and formats can be added easily and quickly.

The Sudan Open Archive is made available both on the Internet and on DVD, allowing the information it contains to be distributed to locations where Internet access is unreliable or unavailable.

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