As part of the European Union Information Society grant the Gennadius Library developed a digital module titled “The Vision and the Collections of Joannes Gennadius”. This module explores the establishment of the Gennadius Library, the history of the collection and the biography of Joannes Gennadius, as a diplomat and as a collector. The majority of the digitized material comes from the scrapbooks of Joannes Gennadius and other Library collections, whereas the text is based on previous publications of the Gennadius Library.