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CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA. Galbaatar Tuvdendorj Battushig Namsraidorj Nergui Baasan Institute of Informatics, MAS Ulaanbaatar 51 Mongolia. Presentation outline. DIGITIZATION PROJECTS & ORGANIZATIONS
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CULTURAL HERITAGE DIGITIZATION PROJECTS IN MONGOLIA Galbaatar Tuvdendorj Battushig Namsraidorj Nergui Baasan Institute of Informatics, MAS Ulaanbaatar 51 Mongolia
Presentation outline • DIGITIZATION PROJECTS & ORGANIZATIONS • COMPETENCE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF MONGOLIAN HERITAGE (MAS) • FUTURE GOALS & COOPERATION
Three main cultural heritage digitization projects are currently in progress in Mongolia
National Library of Mongolia BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS MAPS Mongolian Academy of Sciences RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY BOOKS Center of Cultural Heritage MUSEUMS ARCHAELOGY PALEONTOLOGY ARTIFACTS
National LibraryofMongolia Over 1,000,000 books Asian Classics Input Project Since 2005 186140 books digitized (18.6%) 3,4 terabyte size (6 HDD) www.nationallibrary.mn
Input center at the National LibraryofMongolia 2 OPERATORS SHOOT 400-600 PAGES DAILY.
In 2005, the “Digitization project for the national cultural heritage information” was approved by Mongolian Government.
Center of Cultural Heritage National database of the cultural heritage 2007 – 2015 35 organizations (museums,) Each has a Canon 400D digital camera, mini studio 26 438artifacts digitized Registration, catalogue www.monheritage.mn
Mongolian Academy of Sciences MAX PLANCK SOCIETY November 2010 Competence center for the digitization of cultural heritage RESEARCH(scientific description) TECHNOLOGY (ECHO) OPEN ACCESS POLICY BEST PRACTICE
Cultural heritage resources at the MAS • INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE • 1100 tod • 1000 mongol • 8000 tibetan • PRIVATE COLLECTIONS • ARCHAEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY
Competence Center at the MAS: What we did We chose more than 40 books and digitized over 15000 pages according to the following criteria: science related, researcher, ownership
Judrem by JalkhanzkhutaktuDamdinbazar 1923, 618 pages A detailed description of which traditions of Buddhism were transmitted to Mongolia and who transferred them through India, Pakistan, Uighur and Tibet, also how Mongolians had been passing them down until the early 1920’s.
What we did: Virtual museum & Exhibition EXHIBITIONS ARE USUALLY ONE-TIME EVENTS Mongolians are celebrating 100th Anniversary of Enthronement of the VIII Bogd Khan this year. A series of 12 exhibitions will be held in the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !