Digitisation in the National Sz

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Digitisationin the National Széchényi Library

• Digitisation, digital object management and
  services

1st colloquium of library information employees
of the V4 countries 1113 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.

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Projects and sponsors

• 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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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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
Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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2001
2004
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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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Participation in the national strategy planing

• Survey of Hungarian cultural heritage for
  digitization (2004)
• National digitization plan for libraries
  (2007-2013)
• Proposal to the Hungarian Internet Archives (2006)

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Aim of digitisation

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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Digital library services in OSZK

• 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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Electronic Periodical database and Archive
Overview

• Collect the digitized serials in OSZK and outside
• Collect born digital documents from websites,
  editorials
• Cataloging online and digitized journals

In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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Metadata, accessibility
Overview

• 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

In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals
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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

Overview
In-house digitisation Projects and
sponsors Hungarian Electronic Library Digitisati
on Commitee Participation in the national
strategy planing Aims Digital library services
in OSZK Electronic Periodical Archive Accessibil
ity, metadata Proposals