CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA Galbaatar Tuvdendorj Battushig Namsraidorj...

CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA

Galbaatar TuvdendorjBattushig NamsraidorjNergui BaasanInstitute of Informatics, MASUlaanbaatar 51 Mongolia

DIGITIZATION PROJECTS & ORGANIZATIONS

COMPETENCE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION

OF MONGOLIAN HERITAGE (MAS)

FUTURE GOALS & COOPERATION

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Old Texts

Archeology

Three main cultural heritage digitization

projects are currently in progress in Mongolia

Mongolian Academy of Sciences

RESEARCHTECHNOLOGY

BOOKS

National Library of Mongolia

BOOKSMANUSCRIPTS

MAPS

Center of Cultural Heritage

MUSEUMSARCHAELOGY

PALEONTOLOGYARTIFACTS

National LibraryNational Library ofof MongoliaMongoliaNational LibraryNational Library ofof MongoliaMongolia

Over 1,000,000 books

Asian Classics Input Project

Since 2005

186140 books digitized

(18.6%)

3,4 terabyte size (6 HDD)

www.nationallibrary.mn

2 OPERATORS SHOOT 400-600 PAGES DAILY.

Input center at the National LibraryInput center at the National Library ofof MongoliaMongoliaInput center at the National LibraryInput center at the National Library ofof MongoliaMongolia

ACIP project activities at the NLMACIP project activities at the NLM

Year Volumes Digitized books

20051788

14063

2006 16137

2007 41300

2008 2800 49701

2009 1926 34004

2010 1697 30935

Total 8211 186140

In 2005, the “Digitization project for the national cultural heritage information”

was approved by Mongolian Government.

Center of Cultural HeritageCenter of Cultural HeritageCenter of Cultural HeritageCenter of Cultural Heritage

www.monheritage.mn

National database of the

cultural heritage

2007 – 2015

35 organizations (museums,)

Each has a Canon 400D

digital camera, mini studio

26 438 artifacts digitized

Registration, catalogue

Mongolian Academy of SciencesMongolian Academy of SciencesMongolian Academy of SciencesMongolian Academy of Sciences

MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

November 2010

Competence center for the

digitization of cultural heritage

RESEARCH(scientific description)

TECHNOLOGY (ECHO)

OPEN ACCESS POLICY

BEST PRACTICE

Cultural heritage resources at the MASCultural heritage resources at the MASCultural heritage resources at the MASCultural heritage resources at the MAS

INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND

LITERATURE

1100 tod

1000 mongol

8000 tibetan

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

ARCHAEOLOGY,

PALEONTOLOGY

Competence Center at the MAS: Competence Center at the MAS: What we What we diddidCompetence Center at the MAS: Competence Center at the MAS: What we What we diddid

We chose more than 40 books and digitized

over 15000 pages according to the following

criteria: science related, researcher,

ownership

JudremJudrem by Jalkhanz khutaktu Damdinbazar 1923, 618 pages by Jalkhanz khutaktu Damdinbazar 1923, 618 pages

A detailed description of which traditions of Buddhism were transmitted to Mongolia and who transferred them through India, Pakistan, Uighur and Tibet, also how Mongolians had been passing them down until the early 1920’s.

What we did: Virtual museum & ExhibitionWhat we did: Virtual museum & ExhibitionWhat we did: Virtual museum & ExhibitionWhat we did: Virtual museum & Exhibition

EXHIBITIONS ARE USUALLY

ONE-TIME EVENTS

Mongolians are celebrating 100th

Anniversary of Enthronement of the

VIII Bogd Khan this year. A series of 12

exhibitions will be held in the Winter

Palace of the Bogd Khan.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !