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Memoriae Mundi Series Bohemica - digital access to rare documents (A. Knoll) ... p. 105-108
The article describes the project of digital access to rare documents Memonriae Mundi Series Bohemica, which is related to the UNESCO Memory of the World programme. The project is a result of long-tern and systematic co-operation of the National Library of the Czech Republic with Albertina icome Praha Ltd. Company. Background of the final solution and basic attributes of the digital document are explained as well as the SGML platform able t define objects and describe their relations within document. The article informs about the extension of HTML defined in the new DOBM format (SGLM-based). The digital document can be used without further modifications in the web environment as well as it can be accessed by special ManuFreT software. Thus a digital book is created. It is a rich combination of graphic data and descriptive metadata (metainformation).
Master project and standardization in manuscripts processing (Z. Uhlíř) ... p. 109-112
The presented article deals with participation of the Czech National Library in the project of the European Commission MASTER (Manuscript Access through Standards for Electronic Records). The purpose of this project is to prepare a standard for manuscript description and to make a prototype of online joint catalogue of medieval manuscripts written in Latin script. The final aim of such and approach to manuscript treatment is to make crossable borders among the historical cultural regions of European/Latin civilization. The first steps in the work progress of have shown us that the crucial questions and issues are rather of a methodological than technological kind. Thus, the assumed efforts of MASTER should bring not only practical effects for librarianship, but also a great challenge for manuscript research and treatment as a whole.
Manuscripts - their preservation and avalibility (M. Hejnová - Z. Uhlíř) ... p. 114-116
The problem of availability of medieval manuscripts through substitute documents (CD-R, microfilm, dia) is dealt with. Various issues as for when and under which conditions the particular types of substitute carriers of information should he created are solved. Within these points of issue an auxiliary division of original documents into textual and pictorial ones is designed from which follows in which order secondary documents should be created. The whole this range of questions is connected with the grants "Microclimate" and "Digitalization" in the sense to be presented priorities both of accessibility and preservation.
The preparation of data for digitalization of manuscripts, its meaning and context (Z. Uhlíř) ... p. 117-129
The presented paper deals with digital and electronic processing of manuscripts within the programme Memoriae Mundi Series Bohemica and brings some methodological and theoretical considerations on the topic of manuscript treatment and study. The key issues are thus making a digital document in a form of a virtual book, building of connected information systems and the phenomenological approach to objects of interest on both these levelp. The crucial question in background is the purpose and target of manuscript study in the digital era that should be based on heuristics in the global information environment.
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SEMINARS, MEETINGS, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS |
Conference on International and National Cataloguing Rules (B. Stoklasová) ... p. 130
45th Conference of the Italian Library Association (B. Stoklasová) ... p. 131
Symposium on the European Serials Catalogue (G. Krčmářová) ... p. 131
INFOS '99 (H. Nova) ... p. 133
INFORUM '99 ... p. 134
16th meeting of the Commission for Library Services (H. Hemola) ... p. 136
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ON ACTIVITY OF MUSIC LIBRARIES - IAML |
Thematic catalogue of rare music collections (J. Pešková) ... p. 138
Music Department of the Bavarian State Library (Z. Petrášková ... p. 139
Opening the serious music unit of the J. Mahen Library Music Department (M. Horejsková) ... p. 141
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INFORMATION, CHRONICLE, REVIEWS |
WinISIS-CDS/ISIS in the Windows environment (D. Zendulková) ... p. 143
Principles of interlending services in the Czech Republic ... p. 150
UDC in the Czech Republic (M. Plechšmídová) ... p. 153
On the edition of the 3rd part of the Handbook of German historical library collections in Europe (V. Streit) ... p. 154
Otto encyclopaedia of the new time on CD-ROM (A. Brožek) ... p. 156
Brief communications ... p. 157
| FOREIGN LIBRARY LITERATURE NEWS ... p. 159 |
