e-rara.ch
Internet platform for digitised rare books from Swiss libraries
| Project management : | Dr. Franziska Geisser, ETH-Bibliothek |
| Contact : | geisser[at]library.ethz.ch |
| Duration : | 01.2008-12.2011 |
The main purpose of this project is the digitization of rare books pertaining to Switzerland on an unified platform. To this end, several document digitalisation facilities - basing on existing know-how and infrastructure - able to process large quantities of books and guide other institutions therein will be established. A competence centre coordinates the decentralized digitization, elaborates standards, guidelines and workflows, trains the stuff and advises other institutions.
In parallel, an electronic platform that enables joint publishing of digitised books will be developed.
The platform will offer functions according to the state-of-the-art: searching in full-text and metadata browsing the collection and functional groups, using a viewer consisting in different options (page selection, zooming, PDF downloading). The metadata recording follows the international standards and accordingly integrates to higher level portals.
The infrastructure as well as the platform will be available to all Swiss Libraries. As a first topical focus the 16th century Swiss printed material will be digitised and processed. Further concentrations are to be evaluated during the project. The projected goal is to digitise and have available online 15,000 volumes at the end of the project in 2011.
In collaboration with :
- Zentralbibliothek Zürich
- Bibliothèque de Genève
- University Library Basel
- Universitätsbibliothek Bern
- Université de Neuchâtel
- Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel
To be integrated into the project e-rara.ch :
Bibleikon
Digitisation of ancient illustrated bibles
| Project management : | Cecilia Griener Hurley, Université de Neuchâtel |
| Contact : | cecilia.griener[at]unine.ch |
| Duration : | (2008-2011) |
The main purpose of the project is the digitisation of about 20 illustrated bibles dating from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Additionally, a thesaurus for an iconographic research as well as an online presentation for scholar research will be developed.
With funding from the project E-lib.ch only the digitisation will be accomplished. The scholarly work with the content will have to be funded separately.
In collaboration with:
To be integrated into the project e-rara.ch :
L'illustration anatomique de la Renaissance au siècle des Lumières
Digitisation of ancient treatises on anatomy
| Project management : | Laurent Gobat, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel |
| Contact : | laurent.gobat[at]unine.ch |
| Duration : | (2008) |
The Project purpose is the digitisation of 15 illustrated anatomical books (of nearly 7'500 pages, in formats ranging from 26 to 97 cm) dating from the 16th to the 19th century held by the Public and University Library of Neuchâtel.
To be integrated into the project e-rara.ch :
Grands livres d'oiseaux illustrés de la Renaissance au XIXe siècle
Digitisation of ancient treatises on ornithology
| Project management : | Laurent Gobat, Bibliothèque publique et universitaire de Neuchâtel |
| Contact : | laurent.gobat[at]unine.ch |
| Duration : | (2009) |
The project aims to digitise the most valuable illustrated books on ornithology (31'000 pages, in formats ranging from 26 to 57 cm, colour and monochrome) dating from the 16th to the 19th century held by the Public and University Library of Neuchâtel.
