MANUSCRIPTORIUM: COOPERATING, NETWORKING,VIRTUALIZING

Zdeněk UhlířNational Library of the Czech Republic

Zagreb 18.05.2011

THE IDEA OF MANUSCRIPTORIUM

an aggregation of data an integration of services a personalisation of scholarly work a virtualisation of environment

FROM THE HISTORY…

1991/2 – first attempts 1995/6 – the beginning of a systematic digitization

in the Czech NL 2003/4 – creating Manuscriptorium as an

aggregated resource 2007/9 – a fundamental step to the European

(eventually global) level

PROJECTS

individual steps in the progress of building Manuscriptorium

specific tasks concerning an aggregation of data an integration of services a personalisation of environment a virtualisation of scholarly work

MASTER (1999-2001)

acronym: Manuscript Access through STandard for Electronic Records

full partners De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Oxford University Computing Services, UK Institut de Recherche et d´Histoire des Textes, France Royal Library, The Hague, Netherlands Copenhagen University, Denmark National Library of the Czech Republic, Czechlands

VICODI (2002-2004)

acronym: VIsual COntextualisation of DIgital content full partners

SYSTRAN, s.a., France RIDEMO, s.i.a., Latvia Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft m.b.H.,

Austria Forschungszentrum Informatik an der Universität

Karlsruhe, Germany University of Newcastle, UK National Library of the Czech Republic, Czechlands University of East Anglia, UK

COMTOOCI (2004-2005)

acronym: COMputational TOOls for the librarianand philological work in Cultural Institution

full partners Istituto di Linguistica Computazionale, Pisa, Italy Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Sofia, Bulgaria National Library of the Czech Republic, Czechlands Institute for Bulgarian Language, Sofia, Bulgaria

ECH: TOPICC (2003-2005)

acronym: Endangered Cultural Heritage: TOols for Preservation, Invetsigation, and Coypright Clearance

full partners Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, Lithuania Public Company Visoriai Information Technologies Park, Vilnius, Lithuania National Library of the Czech Republic, Czechlands iTEL, Informatics & Telematics Ltd/ R&D Unit, Athens, Greece Cultural and Educational Technology Institute (CETI), Xanthi, Greece Business Systems International SA, Athens, Greece Narcea Producciones Multimedia S.L, Madrid, Spain Videostudio of Rezekne Higher School, Latvia Kolonasata museum of Fr. Trasuns, Latvia Graphical data processing centre, Rostock, Germany

ENRICH (2007-2009)

acronym: European Networking Resources and Information Concerning Cultural Heritage full partners

National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czechlands Cross Czech, a.s., Czechlands AiP Beroun, s.r.o., Czechlands Oxford University Computing Services, UK Centro per la communicazione e l´integrazione dei media, Florence, Italy SYSTRAN, s.a., Paris, France Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius, Lithuania National Library of Spain, Madrid, Spain Nordic Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Biblioteca nazionale centrale, Florence, Italy University Library, Wrocław, Poland Arne Magnusson Institute, Reyskjavík, Iceland Computer Science fot the Humanities, Cologne, Germany St. Pölten Diocese Archive, Austria National and University Library of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary Supercomputing and Networking Centre, Poznań, Poland University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania

REDISCOVER (2009-2010)

acronym: REunion of DISpersed COntent: Virtual Evaluation and Reconstruction

full partners National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague,

Czechlands National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania National Library of Poland, Warsaw, Poland National Library of Romania, Bucharest,

Romania

EMBARK (2010-2012)

acronym: Enhance Manuscriptorium through BAlkan Recovered Knowledge

full partners National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague,

Czechlands Veria Central Public Library, Veria, Greece Institute for Bulgarian Language, Sofia,

Bulgaria National Library of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia

LEVELS OF RESOURCE BUILDING

an aggregation of data an integration of services a personalised tools and speheres

catalogue records images full texts music notation comparison of full texts comparison of images

a virtual environment

AN AGGREGATION OF DATA

database and information system relating to the end user

not a mere replica of a physical library surpasses significantly the opportunities that were

offered by the traditional scientific infrastructure descriptive metadata, i.e. catalogue entries, are

aggregated, and they are converted to a uniform format

joint search finds manuscripts

AN INTEGRATION OF SERVICES

service is a new concept in relation to the manuscript sphere

it already affects some elements of actual research work

whatever exists only in traditional printed or written and other, simply analogue form does not exist

PERSONALISED TOOLS AND SPHERES

a user´s own digital space a possibility to accumulate the results of previous

work one’s own tools for acquiring results as well as for

their further processing and subsequent utilisation for himself/herself to other selected persons to all users

CATALOGUE RECORDS

variants of descriptive records a subject specific

a musicology a history of arts

analytical descriptions in-depth description of manuscript content composition/structure of intellectual units of higher

level individual intellectual units of lower levels

IMAGES

black & white optimisation details UV scanning (for palimpsests) …

FULLTEXTS

a fluid text a contextual edition

A MUSIC NOTATION

a written record of music a text in the semiotic meaning an edition in a similar sense like a textual edition

A COMPARISON OF FULLTEXTS

based on vectoral statistics working with XML, HTML, TXT a numerical-statistical representation of results a graphical representation of results

A COMPARISON OF IMAGES

distinguishing and selecting: a text, a music notation, an illumination, a border, a diagramm, a table

finding the same or a very similar illumination finding the same or a very similar detail of

illumination finding a similar composition of figurative and/or

non-figurative illumination …

A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT

a virtualisation of knowledge a path of how to uncover implicit, not only explicit,

features of the objects culturomics back to the digitisation of the written and a

documentary heritage

THE FUTURE…

continuing the same way a cooperation with more and more partners

an aggregation of data and metadata a more close network

an integration of services a virtualisation of the networked digital environment

a personal space external tools an interoperabilty webservices

THANK YOU

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Zdeněk UhlířZdenek.Uhlir@nkp.cz