June 23, 2007 at 17:56Eastern manuscripts digitize
Unparalleled electronic catalog of ancient books and manuscripts from the library of the Oriental faculty of St. Petersburg State University will be compiled in the northern capital.
Currently, an electronic description of several relict manuscripts of the ancient East is scanned and compiled, said Milan Azarkina, head of the library of the Oriental faculty. She clarified that “computerization is being implemented as part of the national project“ Education ”with funds from a grant of the program“ Innovative Educational Environment at the Classical University ”.
Milana Azarkina said that a collection of about 300 thousand books is undergoing electronic modernization, of which 50 thousand are unique manuscripts: Arabic manuscripts, Ottoman scrolls, texts in Japanese cursive writing and other forgotten languages. A third of the copies are rare books published before 1900.
To scan relict manuscripts and publications, a unique scanner was purchased for more than $ 20 thousand. At the same time, the complex is capable of digitally digitizing centuries-old manuscripts without damaging them, the source said. For example, according to her, the manuscript of the Persian Shah Tahmasp’s horoscope, compiled in Persia in 1526, can be estimated by experts of foreign insurance companies at $ 500 thousand.
In parallel, the Eastern Faculty plans to create electronic dictionaries, databases of Oriental languages, teaching aids and a single electronic reference system within the framework of the Scientific Information Center, a representative of St. Petersburg State University said.
Nikolai Krupenik
www.nkj.ru
The news, no less, good. I am glad that Russia is taking part in the digitization of manuscripts.
We are waiting for the finale, I want to look at the "manuscripts"
Currently, an electronic description of several relict manuscripts of the ancient East is scanned and compiled, said Milan Azarkina, head of the library of the Oriental faculty. She clarified that “computerization is being implemented as part of the national project“ Education ”with funds from a grant of the program“ Innovative Educational Environment at the Classical University ”.
Milana Azarkina said that a collection of about 300 thousand books is undergoing electronic modernization, of which 50 thousand are unique manuscripts: Arabic manuscripts, Ottoman scrolls, texts in Japanese cursive writing and other forgotten languages. A third of the copies are rare books published before 1900.
To scan relict manuscripts and publications, a unique scanner was purchased for more than $ 20 thousand. At the same time, the complex is capable of digitally digitizing centuries-old manuscripts without damaging them, the source said. For example, according to her, the manuscript of the Persian Shah Tahmasp’s horoscope, compiled in Persia in 1526, can be estimated by experts of foreign insurance companies at $ 500 thousand.
In parallel, the Eastern Faculty plans to create electronic dictionaries, databases of Oriental languages, teaching aids and a single electronic reference system within the framework of the Scientific Information Center, a representative of St. Petersburg State University said.
Nikolai Krupenik
www.nkj.ru
The news, no less, good. I am glad that Russia is taking part in the digitization of manuscripts.
We are waiting for the finale, I want to look at the "manuscripts"