Digitization of Heritage Librarian Funds: Our Necessity and Obligation

• an international, interdisciplinary scientific-research project • coordinated with the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC) endeavors • details available on http://kulturologija.unios.hr/en/znanost/projekti/ and http://kulturologija. unios.hr/en/znanost/skupovi/medunarodna-interdisciplinarna-znanstvena-konferencija- bastinska-kultura-i-digitalna-humanistika-sprega-starog-i-novog-heritage-culture-and- digital-humanities-a-bond-between-the-old-and-the-new/

Partners

Domestic • Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia – national DARIAH- HR coordinator • Institute for Scientific and Artistic Work of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Osijek • Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Academy of Arts in Osijek, Osijek, Republic of Purpose Croatia • raising an awareness on the rare (Croatian) books’ fragility and an opportunity to restore • Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, City and University Library in Osijek, Osijek, and preserve them through digitization (dispersion in numerous ecclesiastic and private Republic of Croatia archives) • Museum of Slavonia, Osijek, Republic of Croatia • education and qualification of students and faculty in modern digitization methods, ICT, • ACOS GV – digitization service, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia (Goran Vržina) and digital humanities (practica in Osijek and Subotica, conservation, preservation, and international popularization of the written legacy) Foreign • interpretation and presentation of a part of the invaluable cultural heritage to the public • Saint Michael’s Franciscan Monastery, Subotica, Republic of Serbia through a non-invasive, low-light digitization • Institute for the Culture of Vojvodina Croats, Subotica, Republic of Serbia • cherishing of the Croatian minority’s identity in Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia • International Interdisciplinary Scientific ConferenceHeritage Culture and Digital Humanities: A Bond between the Old and the New – HerCul&DigiHum 2017, Osijek, Republic of Croatia, May 19 – 20, 2017 (scientific valorization, lexical retrieval of the vintage monastic holdings)

Project outcomes • a (logotype-marked) digital collection of the scanned books accessible at http://zkvh.org.rs/ index.php/digi-knjige Incumbent • alleviation of material access to the digitized books for the sake of research and/or publication (reprint), protecting the originals from an improper overuse • Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of Cultural Studies, Osijek, Republic • approximation of the invaluable Franciscan librarian repositories of Croatia • a value-added communal, publicity, and informative effect for the Croatian minority in Subotica, • Project Coordinator: Asst. Prof. Tihomir Živic, Ph. D. (email: [email protected]) Republic of Serbia (recognition by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia) • envisagement and development of similar collaborative projects and in the future, possibly Duration and budget with the other DARIAH-EU countries (expert teamwork, templating) • Digital Research Infrastructure in Arts and Humanities (DARIAH-EU) – an Open Call, 2016 DARIAH Theme (Public Humanities) • an annual pilot project (2016 – 2017), € 10,000