The article provides a theoretical reflection on the transition that several libraries are increasingly required to face, which involves the digitisation of their ancient and historical heritage. The totality of choices that leads to the decision of ‘what’ to digitise can still be regarded as an essential step in the selection and management of our book heritage – a practice already valued in the past, although differently achieved nowadays thanks to different technologies. Hence, the article offers a feasible method for those libraries – addressing especially small and medium-sized institutions – that are currently working on digitisation projects and wish to (better) understand how to make such choices. In this sense, it seems necessary to focus on what, culturally speaking, can be regarded as the most ‘substantial’ items in relation to each specific collection preserved by the library. Finally, the article introduces the Biblioteca digitale trentina, a website that combines several digitisation projects; thanks to some methodologically innovative features, it constitutes a unique digital ecosystem where to explore different materials (such as manuscripts, printed works, iconography, photographs), while enabling the user to make detailed queries or consult records with specific details regarding each digitised copy.
L’articolo affronta da un punto di vista teorico la transizione che sta investendo le biblioteche di conservazione verso i settori della digitalizzazione del patrimonio storico. Il saggio individua nell’insieme delle scelte che riguardano ‘cosa’ digitalizzare un momento fondamentale di selezione e riorganizzazione culturale del patrimonio librario, per nulla inedito nella storia occidentale, anche se ora è attuato con mezzi differenti rispetto al passato. L’articolo suggerisce un metodo possibile per delineare queste scelte all’interno dei progetti di digitalizzazione delle biblioteche, soprattutto per quelle di dimensioni medie e medio piccole: concentrarsi su ciò che è ‘significativo’ in relazione ai fondi della singola istituzione culturale. Il testo si chiude con la presentazione della Biblioteca digitale trentina, progetto di digitalizzazione che ha alcuni elementi metodologici di novità: ecosistema digitale unico per materiale tipologicamente differente (manoscritti, stampati, iconografia), alto livello descrittivo e possibilità di effettuare ricerche analitiche anche sui dati dell’esemplare digitalizzato.
«Quod non est in rete non est in mundo»: la proposta della Biblioteca digitale trentina
Fadini, Matteo
2019-01-01
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The article provides a theoretical reflection on the transition that several libraries are increasingly required to face, which involves the digitisation of their ancient and historical heritage. The totality of choices that leads to the decision of ‘what’ to digitise can still be regarded as an essential step in the selection and management of our book heritage – a practice already valued in the past, although differently achieved nowadays thanks to different technologies. Hence, the article offers a feasible method for those libraries – addressing especially small and medium-sized institutions – that are currently working on digitisation projects and wish to (better) understand how to make such choices. In this sense, it seems necessary to focus on what, culturally speaking, can be regarded as the most ‘substantial’ items in relation to each specific collection preserved by the library. Finally, the article introduces the Biblioteca digitale trentina, a website that combines several digitisation projects; thanks to some methodologically innovative features, it constitutes a unique digital ecosystem where to explore different materials (such as manuscripts, printed works, iconography, photographs), while enabling the user to make detailed queries or consult records with specific details regarding each digitised copy.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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