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Numérisation du patrimoine écrit: du projet scientifique à sa mise en œuvre. L’exemple de «Europeana regia»

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Numérisation du patrimoine écrit : du projet scientifique à sa mise en œuvre. L’exemple de « Europeana regia »

30 et 31 mars 2010

INP-BNF, Auditorium Colbert, 2 rue Vivienne 75002 Paris
Entrée libre
Reservations, renseignements : emilie.maume@inp.fr

Parallèlement au lancement de programmes de masse consacrés aux livres imprimés et à la presse, la numérisation des manuscrits et des archives écrites devient progressivement un enjeu majeur des politiques scientifiques et de valorisation du patrimoine écrit.

D’abord cantonnée à des projets limités ou consacrés aux « trésors » des institutions qui les conservent, elle prend aujourd’hui de nouvelles dimensions, souvent dans le cadre de projets coopératifs, nationaux ou internationaux.

Le lancement du projet européen Europeana Regia, consacré à trois grands ensembles de manuscrits du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance aujourd’hui dispersés, est l’occasion de faire le point sur cette question. Le colloque, qui associe présentation de réalisations effectives, projets en cours ou en gestation, aspects techniques et scientifiques, se veut tout à la fois réflexif, pratique et opérationnel. Il est destiné aux responsables de collections, aux chefs de projets, aux chargés de numérisation, dans les Bibliothèques, les Musées et les Archives.

Comité scientifique : Thierry Delcourt, conservateur général des bibliothèques, directeur du département des Manuscrits de la BnF et Gennaro Toscano, professeur des universités, directeur de la recherche et des relations scientifiques de l’INP

Organisation : Emilie Maume, chargée des manifestations culturelles et scientifiques et du mécénat

Mardi 30 mars

9h 30
Ouverture du colloque
Eric Gross, directeur de l’Institut national du patrimoine
Bruno Racine, président de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

9h 45
La numérisation du patrimoine, politique stratégique du Ministère de la Culture
Philippe Bélaval, directeur général des patrimoines, MCC
Jacqueline Sanson, directrice générale de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

10h 15
Le projet « Europeana regia » et son intégration dans les politiques de numérisation des bibliothèques
Thierry Delcourt, directeur du département des manuscrits, BnF
Claudia Fabian, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich

11h
La numérisation des manuscrits carolingiens : choix scientifiques, critères de conservation
Modérateur : Thierry Delcourt
Charlotte Denoël, département des manuscrits, BnF
Marie-Pierre Dion, directrice de la Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes

11h 45
La reconstitution virtuelle d’une bibliothèque perdue : la librairie de Charles V
Modérateur : Thierry Delcourt
Marie-Hélène Tesnière, département des manuscrits, BnF
Ann Kelders, cabinet des manuscrits, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
Yann Sordet, bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

12h 30
Déjeuner

14h
La librairie des rois aragonais de Naples
Modérateur : Frédéric D. Martin, département de la coopération, BnF
Gennaro Toscano, directeur de la recherche et des relations scientifiques, Institut national du patrimoine
Marie-Pierre Laffitte, chef du service des manuscrits médiévaux, BnF
Henry Ferreira-Lopes, directeur de la bibliothèque municipale de Besançon

14h 45
Les manuscrits de Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Modérateur : Frédéric D. Martin, département de la coopération, BnF
Michèle Sacquin, département des manuscrits, BnF
Barbara Roth, Bibliothèque de Genève
C. De Alberto, Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale (sous réserves)

15h 30
Pause

16h
Des catalogues aux métadonnées
Modératrice : Emmanuelle Bermès, département de l’information bibliographique et numérique, BnF
Matthieu Bonicel, département des manuscrits, BnF
Florent Palluault, service du livre et de la lecture, MCC
Matthieu Gerbault, responsable du patrimoine, bibliothèque municipale de Reims

17h
Aspects techniques de la numérisation du patrimoine écrit
Modérateur : Marie-Elise Fréon, département de la conservation, BnF
Lotfi Belkhir, Kirtas Technologies
Hermann und Kramer, I2S

Two Postdocs at UCL in Manuscripts/ TEI/ Transcriptions: Bentham Project

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The Bentham Papers Transcription Initiative is an ambitious and ground-breaking project which will increase access to and encourage user participation with the papers of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham (17481832, see http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Bentham-Project/). We are now hiring for two postdoc research associates. Both posts are available immediately and funded for one year in the first instance.

Research Associate: The post holder will co-ordinate the various aspects of the project. They will write up the documentation for the amateur transcribers, run the publicity campaign which will recruit them, act as moderator of the submitted transcripts, and help to draft the qualitative user study and the final report.
See https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041178&ownertype=fair&jcode=1129607 for further information.

Research Associate (IT): The post holder will be working with the other Research Associate and the web developer to create an attractive and intuitive interface. They will take responsibility for the mark-up of the existing transcripts from MS Word into TEI compliant XML, link the digital images to the existing database catalogue and the transcription tool, and help draft user documentation and a qualitative user study.
See https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?owner=5041178&ownertype=fair&jcode=1129779 for further information.

Closing date for both applications is 8th March 2010. Please get in touch with Philip Schofield (p.schofield@ucl.ac.uk) or Melissa Terras (m.terras@ucl.ac.uk) if you have any queries, or want further information.

Posted by: Melissa Terras (m.terras@ucl.ac.uk).

Brown University Center for Digital Scholarship

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We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Center for Digital Scholarship, a new digital center in the Brown University Library. The CDS is a focal point for digital humanities research and development at Brown, working in close partnership with individual researchers and academic centers across the campus and at other institutions. Among its activiites are outreach programs, internships, digitization and enhancement of significant library collections, lectures and events, project development and grant development.

Under the leadership of Patrick Yott, Director of Digital Technologies, the CDS brings together several groups, each with its own long history:

The Scholarly Technology Group
Founded in 1994, STG has been a center of activity in digital humanities scholarship, with a strong program of research and publication projects, events and grant development and support.

The Women Writers Project
First funded in 1988, the WWP is a research group with a dual focus on early women’s writing and the impact of digital textuality on humanities scholarship. The WWP publishes Women Writers Online and conducts grant-funded research on text encoding and digital scholarship; it also provides seminars, workshops, and documentation on using the TEI Guidelines.

The Center for Digital Initiatives
Founded in 2001, the CDI provides high-quality digitization, metadata development, repository services, and consultation on digital projects.

Please visit the CDS site at http://library.brown.edu/cds/ and in particular:

• Our database of CDS projects, http://library.brown.edu/cds/ projects

• Our research library of papers, reports, and documentation, http://library.brown.edu/cds/research/publications-and-documents

• Our listing of outreach programs, http://library.brown.edu/cds/programs/education-and-outreach

On behalf the CDS,

Julia Flanders and Elli Mylonas
Center for Digital Scholarship
Brown University Library
Posted by: Roberto Rosselli Del Turco (rosselli at ling dot unipi dot it)

Symposium on Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage

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Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage: Technological Challenges and Solutions
28-29 October 2010 in Helsinki, Finland.
Organizer: The Academy of Finland Research Unit Ancient Greek written sources (CoE)
Partner: The National Library of Finland
For more information, see http://www.eikonopoiia.org

The Academy of Finland research unit Ancient Greek written sources (CoE) is organizing a symposium “Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage: Technological Challenges and Solutions”. The symposium takes place on 28-29 October, 2010, in Helsinki, Finland.

The programme comprises of two plenary sessions that are open for public, two workshops that are intended for the speakers only, and one open session on end-user perspective.

Participation in the symposium is free of charge (however, registration is compulsory). For the accepted speakers the CoE will be covering the travel and accommodation costs.

Maarit Kinnunen
tel. + 358 50 577 9153
maarit.kinnunen@expericon.fi

2010 DHO Summer School Registration Now Open

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2010 DHO Summer School Registration Now Open

http://www.dho.ie/ss2010

The DHO is pleased to announce that registration for the 2010 DHO Summer School, in conjunction with NINEs and the EpiDoc Collaborative, is now open.

The Summer School welcomes registrants from the various fields of the humanities, information studies, and computer science. Workshops and lectures cover subjects as diverse as text encoding, virtual worlds, and geospatial methods for the humanities. These are facilitated by leading experts, with plenty of time during evening activities for informal interaction.

This year, in addition to four-day workshop strands, the DHO is also offering mid-week, one-day workshops. For those unable to attend the entire Summer School, it is possible to register separately for these mid-week workshops and lectures.

As in previous years, the Summer School brings together Irish and International scholars undertaking digital projects in diverse areas to explore issues and trends of common interest. The programme will offer attendees opportunities to develop their skills, share insights, and discover new opportunities for collaboration and research. Activities focus on the theoretical, technical, administrative, and institutional issues relevant to the needs of digital humanities projects today.

The pricing for the full Summer School, as well as one-day workshops and lectures, is available on the registration page: http://dho.ie/ss2010/registration

Full details of the workshop strands, lectures and guest speakers can be found on the Summer School website at: http://www.dho.ie/ss2010

We look forward to seeing you in Dublin.

Posted by: Dot Porter (dot.porter@gmail.com).