Digitization of Library Material in Europe. Copenhagen, 24-26 October 2007 LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on Digitization Digitisation projects of the Biblioteca

Digitization of Library Material in Europe. Copenhagen, 24-26 October 2007

LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on Digitization

Digitisation projects of the Biblioteca de Catalunya

Eugènia [email protected]



The Library of Catalonia (I)

3.000.000 documents

Annual growing of 120.000 documents

230 reading places in 3.000 m2

Budget 2007: 11’5 M€

174 employees

+ 65 km of shelving

2008 high density cooperative stacks

It was founded in 1907 by Enric Prat de la Riba



• To collect, preserve and make available the Catalan

bibliograpic production and the related to the

Catalan language. • To watch over the bibliographic heritage

preservation and divulging.• Keeping up the condition of a consultation and

universal scientific research center in every field of

knowledge.

MissionThe Library of Catalonia (II)



OPENRELIABLE

USEFUL

Vision

The Library of Catalonia (III)



Our frame of reference

• Increase the presence of Catalan content at Internet

Strategic Plan 2004-2008

• To pay special attention to digital context



Projects and digital repositories

• PADICAT: Digital heritage of Catalonia• ARCA: Old Catalan magazines archive • MDC: Digital Memory of Catalunya• RACO: Catalan magazines in open

access• Google Books



Digitization Programme (I)Budget

2005: 30.000 € 2006: 90.000 € 2007: 630.000 € Purpose

Preservation and diffusion

Standards of digitization Format, resolution, definition and compression. 2 copies for every object (TIFF and JPEG)

Recommendations for outsourcing digitization



Digitization Programme (II)Criteria of selection

public domain, fragility requeriments of use, condition state, matching to digital projects interest for researchers

Medadata Dublin Core set of elements

Selection of software (OAI)



Collection of photographs Salvany http://www.bnc.cat/digital/salvany/9.800 photographic plates

Digitization Programme (III)



Manuscripts and incunabulahttp://www.bnc.cat/fons/coldigital.php103 manuscripts and 20 incunabula

Digitization Programme (IV)





Is ...

A cooperative portal on open access

• To make easier the access to periodicals• To identify, retrieve and preserve the Catalan periodicals heritage• To increase Catalan content at the Internet• To promote the use of standards • To promote good and common practices

Wants ...



To give visibility to the project andits partners



To add value to the portal



To improve the access

Link digital object-library catalog



To promote the research



Crónica teatral y artística (1897)Cu-cut (1902-1914)Guirigay del 69, El (1869)Metralla (1919)Nau, La (Mataró) 1917-1919Destino (1937-1985)La Veu de Catalunya (1891-1937)…

Total of 800.000 pages

Digitization of more than 50 new titles to increase ARCA repository

Previsions 2007-2008



What we have today (I)211 manuscripts = 35.000 images 441 printed books pre-1900, including

18 incunabula= 120.000 images

109 printed music = 16.000 images 89 graphic documents

117 serials = 1.000.000 images 16.700 photographic plates

300 bookplates 124 artistic binderies with their manuscript designs

354 wax cylinders 393 DAT’s

1.000 magnetic tapes 751 magnetic tapes (video U-Matic and Betacam)



What we have today (II)

• More presence of the Catalan culture in the Internet.• Shared practices and standards. • Low level of use of originals and growth of access and diffusion.• More experience.



What we want for 2008-2009

To design and build a system to manage digital copies from the point of view of preservation and service:

• checking the integrity of files• reviewing the compatibility with new versions of the software• providing copies on demand• improve metadata



Conclusions

We know we are yet at the beginning, but … we believe we are in the right way, promoting

– COOPERATION

– LEARNING OF OTHER EXPERIENCES

– Being aware of international initiatives, innovation and opportunities to improve.



Thank you very much for your attention !!

The Library of Cataloniawww.bnc.cat

Documents

Digitization of Library Material in Europe. Copenhagen, 24-26 October 2007 LIBER-EBLIDA Workshop on Digitization Digitisation projects of the Biblioteca