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[19.05.2013]


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Location based services App - Bavaria in historical maps

The new app "Bavaria in historical maps" of the Bavarian State Library, offers a new digital experience: With tablet and smartphone, you can go on a fascinating journey through Bavaria's historic maps. "Bavaria in historical maps" available from 29.04.2013 first in Apple's App Store; will be available in summer via Google Play.
[29.04.2013]

bavarikon - Kultur und Wissensschätze Bayerns

On 16.04.2013 bavarikon, the culture and ken portal of the Free State of Bavaria, was formally released in a beta version. It contains arts, culture and knowledge treasures from nearly 20 Bavarian cultural institutions. The Munich DigitiZation Center of BSB is responsible for the technical development and operation of bavarikon. www.bavarikon.de/en
[16.04.2013]

Image Search in digital mass data - An innovative project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute goes online.

A community project of the Munich Digitization Center and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute of Berlin opens up new horizons for science and education: the similarity-based search on big digital databases. The new search on image similarity, which is a worldwide innovation in this form, counts as a model for non-text-based access to the cultural heritage. Similarity-based image-search
[26.03.2013]

Newly developed 3D-BSB-Explorer in the exhibition Magnificent Manuscripts

The 3D-BSB-Explorer is an innovative, gesture-controlled presentation system that has been developed jointly by the Munich DigitiZation Center of the Bavarian State Library and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. The device serves the three-dimensional presentation of unique manuscripts and rare printed books. Currently, the 3D-BSB-Explorer is used for the exhibition Magnificent Manuscripts. Treasures of Book Illumination from 780 through 1180
[22.10.2012]

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[19.05.2013]

Turning Historical Documents into Digital Full Texts

The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) of the Bavarian State Library invites you to Munich on Tuesday 11 October and Wednesday 12 October, 2011, for two conferences under the shared title “Turning Historical Documents into Digital Full Texts”. Please note: both conferences are German-speaking only! For more information about the programme and registration, please visit the event websitewebsite
[31.08.2011]

Reorganization of the computing centre

Due to reorganization of our computing centre, all services of this website will not be avaible between May 12 2011 and May 17 2011.
[09.05.2011]

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For Scanning: The Munich Book Digit

 

Blueprint Digit[PDF]

 

Selected presentations and articles

Presentations and articles

 

The selected presentations and articles regarding digitial long-term preservation at Munich DigitiZation Center/Digital Library, please see:
BABS[BABS-Homepage]

 

Markus BRANTL, Digitization@BSB, Mai 2012 in Bulgarian language
Bulgarien[PDF]

 

Gabriele MEßmer, Digitization Workflow (Dezember 2011)
Digitization Workflow[PDF]

 

Markus BRANTL (unter Mitwirkung von Birgit GILCHER und Dirk SCHOLZ), Volltexte und OCR am MDZ (Oktober 2011)
Digitization Lifecycle[PDF]

 

Markus BRANTL – Irmhild SCHÄFER, Challenges and Experiences in the Mass digitization of manuscripts and rare books at the Bavarian State Library, in: Eikonopoiia, Digital imaging of ancient textual heritage (Proceedings of the international conference Helsinki 28-29 October 2010), ed. Vesa VAHTIKARI et al., in: Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 129), ed. The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (Helsinki 2011) S. 223-249.
Eikonopoiia2011[PDF]

 

Markus BRANTL, Mass Digitization of Manuscripts and Rare Books from October 2010
überblicksvortrag in englischer Sprache[PDF]

 

Gabriele MEßMER, Overview: Digitization at BSB Digitalisierung January 2010.
überblicksvortrag Digitalisierung[PDF]

 

Martin BAUMGARTNER, Michael BEER, Berthold GILLITZER et. al., Mass digitization workflow management. Book and digital scan workflows, in: BIT 11 (2008) 267-271 (English translation)
überblicksvortrag in englischer Sprache[PDF]

 

A set of slides from June 2008 in English presenting the Munich DigitiZation Center: Markus BRANTL, Mass Digitization and Long-term Preservation – Processes and Production at Munich Digitization Center überblicksvortrag in englischer Sprache[PDF]

 

A set of slides from September 2007 in Spanish presenting the Munich Digitization Center (Goethe-Institute South America): Markus BRANTL, Digitalización, colección, disponibilidad y archivo a largo plazo en la práctica. Transmisión cultural de 15 siglos en el centro de digitalización de Munich (MDZ) Plan[PDF]

 

A set of slides from September 2007 presenting the Munich Digitization Center. In Portuguese (Goethe-Institute South America): Markus BRANTL, Digitalização, registro, disponibilização e armazenamento permanente na prática. A herança cultural de 15 séculos no Centro de Digitalização de Munique (MDZ); Tradução: Ana Teresa V. de Figueiredo Sannazzaro Plan[PDF]

 

Bernd REINER, Sicherung des Weltkulturerbes am Leibnizrechenzentrum, in: Akademie Aktuell (2007)S. 18-22 An article published in the journal "Akademie Aktuell" of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities regarding the cooperation between the Leibniz Supercomputing Center and the Bavarian State Library/Munich DigitiZation Center Plan[PDF]

 

A demo video showing the BSB-Explorer, a 3D Control-by-gesture presentation system for rare books and manuscripts