PNC 2010 Annual Conference, Dec 1-3, 2010, Hong Kong

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ANDCULTURAL HERITAGE

T.GalbaatarMongolian Academy of SciencesUlaanbaatar, Mongolia

Mongolian Cultural Heritage Online Project (MOCHOP)

Digital Research Library

Globalization of knowledge

WHY MOCHOP ?

Scientific activities highly specialized and rather exclusive

Also true for cultural heritages as results of humanities

Through internet convenient access to research resources for researchers, to knowledge for the public

Archeology

Old Texts

MOCHOP COMPONENTS

•Digital research library

•History of knowledge generation and dissemination

Digital Research Library

•Digitization of old texts, books, artefacts

Objectives

•Development of digital content and tools•Cultural heritage permanently on internet•Enable scientists to access research objects•Worldwide open Access•Enable scientific contributions to reach out

scientific community and the public•Long-term archiving of documents

History of Knowledge Generation and Dissemination

Objectives

•Study into generation of traditional knowledge:

Traditional medicine, astronomy, mining, construction•Ways of knowledge dissemination, exchange

Knowledge (Silk)road ?

MOCHOP Cooperation Network

•MPIW•???

•APaCHOP ?