CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA Galbaatar Tuvdendorj Battushig Namsraidorj Nergui Baasan Institute of Informatics, MAS Ulaanbaatar 51 Mongolia.
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CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA Galbaatar Tuvdendorj Battushig Namsraidorj Nergui Baasan Institute of Informatics, MAS Ulaanbaatar 51 Mongolia Presentation outline DIGITIZATION PROJECTS & ORGANIZATIONS COMPETENCE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF MONGOLIAN HERITAGE (MAS) FUTURE GOALS & COOPERATION Old Texts Archeology Three main cultural heritage digitization projects are currently in progress in Mongolia National Library of Mongolia BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS MAPS Center of Cultural Heritage Mongolian Academy of Sciences MUSEUMS ARCHAELOGY PALEONTOLOGY ARTIFACTS RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY BOOKS National Library of Mongolia Over 1,000,000 books Asian Classics Input Project Since 2005 186140 books digitized www.nationallibrary.mn (18.6%) 3,4 terabyte size (6 HDD) Input center at the National Library of Mongolia 2 OPERATORS SHOOT 400-600 PAGES DAILY. ACIP project activities at the NLM Year Volumes 2005 2006 Digitized books 14063 1788 2007 16137 41300 2008 2800 49701 2009 1926 34004 2010 1697 30935 Total 8211 186140 In 2005, the “Digitization project for the national cultural heritage information” was approved by Mongolian Government. Center of Cultural Heritage National database of the cultural heritage 2007 – 2015 35 organizations (museums,) www.monheritage.mn Each has a Canon 400D digital camera, mini studio 26 438 artifacts digitized Registration, catalogue Mongolian Academy of Sciences MAX PLANCK SOCIETY November 2010 Competence center for the digitization of cultural heritage RESEARCH(scientific description) TECHNOLOGY (ECHO) OPEN ACCESS POLICY BEST PRACTICE Cultural heritage resources at the MAS INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 1100 tod 1000 mongol 8000 tibetan PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ARCHAEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY Competence Center at the MAS: What we did We chose more than 40 books and digitized over 15000 pages according to the following criteria: science related, researcher, ownership Judrem by Jalkhanz khutaktu Damdinbazar 1923, 618 pages A detailed description of which traditions of Buddhism were transmitted to Mongolia and who transferred them through India, Pakistan, Uighur and Tibet, also how Mongolians had been passing them down until the early 1920’s. What we did: Virtual museum & Exhibition EXHIBITIONS ARE USUALLY ONE-TIME EVENTS THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION ! Mongolians are celebrating 100th Anniversary of Enthronement of the VIII Bogd Khan this year. A series of 12 exhibitions will be held in the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan.