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The Heritage Library Cultural Development Center Qatar Foundation

The Heritage Library Cultural Development Center Qatar Foundation. Since 1979. Historical overview. 1979. H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hassan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani initiated the building of a private library. 1989.

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The Heritage Library Cultural Development Center Qatar Foundation

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  1. The Heritage Library Cultural Development Center Qatar Foundation Since 1979

  2. Historicaloverview 1979 H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hassan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani initiated the building of a private library 1989 H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hassan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani began to develop the collections in the framework of a comprehensive cultural project 90’s In focus was on collecting resources of Arabia and the Arabic and Islamic culture. This is when the library became famous as a cultural landmark 2006 The Heritage Library is a subsidiary of Cultural Development Center of Qatar Foundation.

  3. Collections Foreign Language Books 23,000 titles distributed as follows: • Translations of the Holy Qur’an • Translations of One Thousand and One Nights • Resources on the history of Arabia in the writings of travelers • First Arabic prints in Europe • Islamic scientific heritage • Civilizations of the Orient (Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, Central Asia, Yemen) • First Orientalists Studies • Resources on the History of Qatar such as :

  4. Collections A HANDBOOK OF ARABIA 1917

  5. Collections NARRATIVE OF A YEAR’S JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARABIA (1862-63) 1866 William Gifford Palgrave

  6. Collections GAZETTEER OF THE PERSIAN GULF, OMAN, AND CENTRAL ARABIA 1915 Lorimer, John Gordon

  7. Collections DESCRIPTION DE l‘ARABIE, faite sur des observations propres et des avis recueillis dans les lieux memes 1774 Niebuhr, Carsten

  8. Collections ARABIA FELIX: ACROSS THE EMPTY QUARTER OF ARABIA 1932 Thomas, Bertram

  9. Collections Arabic Language Books 85,000 books covering wide area of science and art • First printed books in the Arab press: • Shuwayr- Beirut – Aleppo – Al-Musil – Bulaq- Al Hajar

  10. Collections 2,400 MANUSCRIPTS Ages: Languages: Subjects: Umayyad العصر الأموي Arabic Medicine Astronomy Mamluk العصر المملوكي Persian Arabic literature Abbasid العصر العباسي EastAsian Pilgrimage شعائر الحج Ottoman العصر العثماني Sahih al-Bukhari صحيح البخاري

  11. Collections 600 MAPS For Arabia and Gulf The oldest Maps date back to 1478 Creator: Ptolemy

  12. Collections 120 MAGAZINES - 10,000 VOLUMES 12 NEWSPAPERS – 1200 ISSUES of: Arabian Peninsula “Al Jazeera Al Arabiya “

  13. DigiTurath

  14. Collections

  15. Selection Pilot Project European Books = 4326 Collections European Maps = 405 Arabic Books = 711 Arabic Manuscripts = 303 Phase 2 Arabic Newspaper = 60 Arabic Magazines = 12 Arabic Book = 536 Foreign Book= 968 Total = 1915 Selected Manuscript = 411 Total = 5817 Scanned

  16. Phase 2 Angle Categorization Based on the items condition; Collection to be categorized according to the scanning angel as 90 degree (Vcradle) and 180 degree (Flat bed). Collections • Collections selected for DigiTurath project phase 2 categorized as follows: • - 60% Can be digitized with the existing scanners. “flat bed” • 40% Require procuring the Vcradle scanner.

  17. To Start the digitization project you should have metadata for 50% of the selected collections. Metadata Collections

  18. Software

  19. Digital Repository system Software Phase 2 Pilot Project Dspace ArchivalWare system

  20. Software Pilot Project Workflow System • Thrinaina’s Digiflo: • Annual License fee of 25,000 USD with support from vendor • <Has been customized to meet HL requirements in pilot project and approved efficiency. > Phase 2 1- Thrinaina’s Digiflo : Costs 25,000 USD/Year with support 2- Digital Asset Factory [DAF]: Free

  21. Software OCR • For the Arabic collections HL coordinate with Bibliotheca Alexandrina to get the font files and feed the files to our software.

  22. Hardware

  23. IT Infrastructure Hardware Phase 2 IT Infrastructure need to be upgraded to allow digitizing more content .

  24. Hardware Pilot Project Scanners Existing scanners : - 7 Flat bed scanners - 1 ATIZ - 1 I2S Phase 2 - 60% of the selected books can be scanned using the existing scanners. - 40% of the selected books require Vcradle scanners.

  25. Hardware Computers Phase 2 Since Images in LED monitors are more sharper and clearer; It is recommended to upgrade 4 LCD monitors to LED monitors for supervisors for doing the QA which enables to identify digitization flaw.

  26. Man power

  27. Phase 2 + = 10 Items/week 1 Scanning Operator 1 Processing Operator • - Collections to be Digitized in phase 2 = 1915 Items • - Phase 2 time period = 1 year Man power Scanning & Processing & OCR Operators • Accordingly, • - 8 Scanning & processing operators are required. • 1920 Item/Year • 160 Item/Month - 2 Arabic OCR operators are required”

  28. Thank You Mr. M. Hammam Assistant Manager Mr. Amr el-Masry Database Developer The Heritage Library

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