Digitisation in the National Széchényi Library

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János Káldos – István Moldován: Digitisation activity in the National Széchényi Library

1st colloquium of library information employees of the V4 countries (11–13 May 2006, Slovakia, Banska Bystrica)

Digitisationin the National Széchényi

LibraryDigitisation, digital object management and services

1st colloquium of library information employees of the V4 countries

11–13 May 2006, Slovakia, Banska Bystrica

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In-house and outsourcing digitisation

In-house digitisation• Collection of Microfilms and

Photographs • Reference and Readers' Services• Hungarian Electronic Library• Collection of Graphics and Small

Prints • Collection of Early Books • Collection of Theatre History • Map Collection • Music Collection• Fragmenta Codicum, Research

Group• Document Supply Services• Libinfo

Outsourcing• Arcanum Database Ltd.• Pytheas Ltd.

In-house digitisation

Projects and sponsors

Hungarian Electronic

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Digitisation Commitee

Participation in the national strategy planing

Aims

Digital library services in OSZK

Electronic Periodical Archive

Accessibility, metadata

Proposals

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• UNESCO• MINERVA Europe, MINERVA Plus• Ministry of Cultural Heritage• Ministry of Informatics and Communications• Companies, governmental and non-governmental

organizations – XEROX

– National Information Infrastructure Development Program

– Council of Hungarian Internet Providers




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Table of digital masters

Type Master images

Rare Books 60 000

Manuscripts 30 000

Maps 1 500

Music manuscripts (Erkel) 80 000

Historical newspaper 400 000

Graphics and small prints 5 000

Free Europe Radio (1956) 300 000

Coloured postcard – Banska Bistrica (1906)




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Hungarian Electronic Library

• 1994 Initiative Plan• 1995 started the Hungarian

Electronic Library (Gopher)• 1996 http://mek.iif.hu (Web

server)• 1999 non-profit association• 1999 autumn – Department of

National Széchényi Library• 2001 New (http) server

http://mek.oszk.hu• 2004 Started the Electronic

Periodicals Archive http://epa.oszk.hu

• 2004 Digital Collection Group

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Digitization Committee

• 2004 december – started the Digitization Committee of the NSZL

• Activities:– theoretical and practical support of the in-house

digitization and digital object management – prepare motions for decision makers– identifies trategic priorities– supports innovation and technical development – gets up workshops




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• Survey of Hungarian cultural heritage for digitization (2004)

• National digitization plan for libraries (2007-2013)• Proposal to the Hungarian Internet Archives

(2006)




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Aim of digitisation

• Widespread access• Usage of documents, cultural heritage• Important tools for searching : the metadata




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• Digitised maps in OPAC – service outside• Digitised and born digital monographic

documents in the Hungarian Electronic Library• Digitised and online electronic serials in the

Electronic Periodical Archive• Images in the „Historical Chronologie”• Korvinas in the Corvina homepage




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Hungarian Electronic Library

• Collect the digitized monograph in OSZK and outside

• Collect born digital documents from websites, scientific institutes, universities, authors, CD-ROMs– like an voluntary deposit - agreement with publishers,

scientific intitutes

• Digital preservation - migration




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Electronic Periodical database and Archive

• Collect the digitized serials in OSZK and outside• Collect born digital documents from websites,

editorials• Cataloging online and digitized journals




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Metadata, accessibility

• Record export possibilities in different format: HUNMARC, USMARC, Dublin Core, XML

• MEK/EPA records in MOKKA, NDA, experimental phase in TEL, ongoing to library OPAC

• Lack of metadata of old and rare documents• Accessibility – W3C – WAI – VMEK interface• Metadata encourage: setup a Hungarian

Dublin Core Generator – http://mek.oszk.hu/dc




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Proposals

• Archiving the Hungarian Web – searching partners

• Setup a consortium making available and accessible the written heritage in Central Europe

• Agreement on minimal metadata about digitised documents in MARC between EROMM and OCLC




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Digitisation in the National Széchényi Library

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