Digitalization Plan of the Rare Books Department – Case Study

2012-2017

Manuscriptorium WorkshopHungarian National Library

09. 11. 2012.

HUNGARICA PROJECT

Historical Collections

Incunabula (nearly 1900 volumes)

Old Hungarian Library (8500 items)

Hungarica Library (more than 3000 copies)

Antiqua (approx. 13000 documents)

Digitalization Plan

1. Incunabula Hungarica

2. Old Hungarian Library

3. Bibliotheca Hungarica

Incunabula Hungarica I.

First task:to collect electronic

documents of all Hungarian incunabula available in any collections of the world

Electronic Hess

Princeton - Partnership

Electronic Basilius

Electronic Confessionale

Laudivius and Han

Incunabula Hungarica II.

Second Task:

to link the metadata, with electronical documents in the Digital Library, MARC 856

Metadata

Digital Library

MARC 856

Incunabula Hungarica III.

Third Task:

to collect all those special incunabula, which were not published in Hungary, but were written by Hungarian persons

Incunabula Hungarica IV.

Fourth Task:

to digitalize incunabula, which are linked to the history of Hungary

E - Old Hungarian Library

Second Plan:

works in old Hungarian language

books which were produced in historic Hungary

works of Hungarian authors, who lived ever in historic Hungary

from the beginnings to 1711

Tasks: E-RMK I-III.

1. Digitalization

2. Exchange

3. Collection

I. Digitalization

First task:to digitalize all

copies, which can be found in the Hungarian National Library (published in Hungarian or in Hungary)

II. Exchange

Second Task:bilateral

agreements with some partners, give / get electronic copies of Hungarian early prints

Hungarica Bibliography

III. Collection

Third Task:

to collect every work which was written by any Hungarian author

from 1501 to 1711

E - Bibliotheca Hungarica

Works about Hungary by foreign authors or engravers

between 16-18th centuries

1526 – 1566 - 1686

Three Tasks

1. Digitalization

2. Research Program

3. Develop Database

Research and Database

connecting to other Hungarian and European research programs:

1. Old Hungarian Readings

2. European Reception

3. Cultural Heritage

Thank you for your kind attention!

Farkas Gábor FarkasRare Books Department

gfarkas@oszk.hu www.oszk.hu