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DIGITIZATION IN “CAROL I” CENTRAL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF
BUCHAREST: RESTITUTIO PROJECT
Anca Cristina RÂPEANU
“Carol I” Central University Library, Bucharest, Romania
• a general overview of the activities and perspectives in “Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest
• the evolution of the library since its establishment, in 1895
• current situation and directions in “Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest
• activities and projects in the field of digitization
• RESTITUTIO Project
Library system in Romania
12,456 administrative units and 80 branches: 4 national libraries
• Romanian Academy Library• The National Library• The National Library of Education "I. C. Petrescu“• The National Military Library
• 106 higher education libraries (including the 4 central university libraries in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Timisoara)
• 846 specialized libraries of public institutions and economic agents
• public libraries: • 42 county libraries (including the Metropolitan Library,
Bucharest)• 264 municipality and town libraries• 2,608 commune libraries
• 8,586 school libraries
Digitization in Romania
positive aspects
• national computerized inventories, accessible trough the Internet;
• legal environment harmonized with European context;
• importance of sharing resources is widely acknowledged and mentioned in national strategies;
• local initiatives in libraries.
negative aspects
• lack of standardisation and coordination on a national level;
• lack of efficient cooperation and communication between organisations - institutions still work on small-scale isolated projects, and sometimes do the same work twice;
• existing projects are insufficiently disseminated to public.
Digitization in Romania - recent news -
• The National Commission for Libraries project for the Strategic Directions for the National Library System, 2008-2010
• Strategic direction no. 2 – Creating a digital environment for searching and retrieval of information– Objective no. 3 – A National Program for Digitization of
Documents:• to realise an inventory of digitized documents that
already exist in Romanian libraries;• to develop the methodology for digitization of
documents;• to develop a National Program for digitization of
patrimony documents in libraries, and to integrate those in the National Collective Catalogue
„Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest
“Carol I” Central University Library of Bucharest is one of the most important university libraries in Romania.
• new modern headquarters, constructed in concordance with the newest standards in library buildings • benefits from the most modern endowments, in order to provide a wide range of services to a wide variety of users• services are permanently adapted to user’s needs
Short overview
• 1891 - at the initiative of King Carol I, the University Foundation is established
• 1895 - the library building is opened
• after the instauration of the communist regime, the Library of the University Foundation becomes the Central University Library, with subsidiary libraries in the faculties of University of Bucharest
• 1989 - a catastrophic fire that took place during the anticommunist revolution
destruction of the library building and the disappearance of more than 500.000 volumes.
Current situation• the new building of the main unit was opened for the public in
November 2001: – over 700.000 documents, 7 reading rooms with a capacity of 391 seats– average flow – 1000 users / day– mentioned in „New library buildings of the world” (Shanghai, 2003) as
being one of the 100 most beautiful libraries.
• at present, the library consists of one main unit, with an encyclopaedic character, and 15 subsidiary libraries, with specialized collections, functioning within the faculties of the University of Bucharest
• after 1990, the automation of the library was one of the top-priorities in order to achieve a unitary structure, user-oriented and suitable for an information-rich environment. Its main purpose was to provide modern techniques for information processing and exchange, according to international standards, in order to provide exhaustive and efficient solutions to satisfy students’, professors’ and researchers’ complex information requests, and to provide the necessary documentation support for the learning process. The library is also opened to other categories of public, thus it provides non-discriminating access to information.
Services. Priorities. Perspectives
• hybrid structure, which combines traditional and electronic services, and operates with NTIC-based instruments and access methods
• provides a wide range of services for its users: – online access to catalogues for the main unit and branches;– bibliographic research and access to documents;– orientation guides and permanent assistance for users in the library;– references by e-mail;– access to commercial data-bases;– access to e-journals and document delivery.
• priorities for the next stage in the evolving of “Carol I” Central University Library are: – developing IT&C based services;– providing increased access to commercial databases and electronic
publications;– organizing the electronic information and providing professional
assistance in retrieving this type of information.
Digital Library Project (DPL)
• Objectives: – preserving and protection of the library cultural
heritage assets;– larger accessibility to its digitized collections.
• Components:– RESTITUTIO – old and rare books and manuscripts– Digitization of other documents (reference materials,
valuable documents from the library’s collections or materials often circulating that are no longer protected by copyright law, scientific articles written by employees of the library that gave their agreement for electronic publishing, front covers and content for new acquisitions)
RESTITUTIO
• developed in cooperation with Star Storage company• its main purpose is to provide wide access to rare books
and bibliophile items without harming the documents• at present time, the 10.000 digitized pages are
accessible locally, through an application developed by the same company
• content: 7 incunables, 8 volumes of old Romanian books, 10 volumes of old foreign books, 11 Romanian manuscripts from 20th century, 40 pieces of Romanian correspondence (http://www.bcub.ro/continut/titluri_restitutio.pdf)
Incunables in RESTITUTIO•Georgii Bruxcellennsis, Interpretatio in summulas Magistri Petri Hyspani:
Una cu[m] magistri Thom[a]e Bricot qu[a]estiboniusde novo in cuiusvis fine tractatus additis, Lugduni [Lyon] : Johannes de Vingle, MCCCCXCVI [1496] , Mensis [ver]o aprilis dieque secu[n]da qu[a]e fuit vigilia pasch[a]e [1496, 2nd of April]
•Terentius Afer Publius, [Opera]: cum Directorio Vocabularum Sententiarum artis comic[a]e, Glossa interlineali, com[m]entariis Donato, Guidone, Ascensio, Argentinae [Strasbourg] , Anno a nativitate d[omi]ni 1499 Tertio Idus Februarii [11th of February]
•Bartholomaeus de Saliceto, Lectura super quatro codicis, Lyon : Johann Siber, Anno domini millesimoquadragintesimooctuagesimotertio [sic!] [1483] et die quinta Augusti
•Philipii de Franchis de Perusio, Lectura super titulo de appellationibus [e]t de nulitatibus sententiarum sole[n]niter incipit, Venetiis : Philippus Pincius, Anno domini MCCCCXCVI [1496, 9th of December]
•Anselmi archiepiscopi Cantuariensis, [Opera], [ Basel] : Johann Amerbach, [non post 1497]
•Boet[h]i[us], De disciplina Scholarium: Cum notabili commento, Dave[n]trie [Deventer] : Iacobus de Breda, Anno Domini MCCCC nonagesimo sexto [1496]. XV. mensis Maii
•Bessarionis Cardinalis Niceni [et] Patriarchae Constantinopolitani, In calumniatore[m] Platonis libri quat[t]uor: opus varium ac doctiss[imum]in quo praeclarissima quaeq[ue], [et] digna lectu: quae a Platone scripta sunt ad homines tam moribus qu[am] disciplinis instruendos breviter: clareque, [et] placidostilo narantur, Venetiis : in aedib[us] Aldi Romani, Iulio mense MCIII [ 1503 ]
Petrus Hispanus, Interpretatio Georgii Bruxellensis in summulas Magistri Petri Hyspani.
Lugduni, Johannes de Vingle, 1496
Publius Terentius Afer, Terentius cum directorio
vocabularum sententiarum astis comice glossa interlineati.
Argentina: per Joannem Gruninger, 1499.
Old Romanian books in Restitutio
• Bibliia adica Dumnezeiasca Scriptura ale cei Vechi si ale cei Noao Leage toate: care s[-]au talmacitu dupre limba elineasca spre inteleagerea limbii rumanesti, Bucuresti : [ s. n. ], La anulu dela facerea lumii 7197 iara dela Spaseniia lumii 1688 in luna noemvri in 10 zile
• Psaltira Bl[a]jennago Pr[o]r[o]ca I Taria Davida din greceaºte În limba rumaneascã pre stihuri tlãcuitã, Uniev [i.e. Liov : s.n. ], v leat 7181 [ 1673 ]
Bibliia adica Dumnezeiasca Scriptura ale cei Vechi si ale cei Noao Leage
toate, La anulu dela facerea lumii 7197 iara dela Spaseniia lumii 1688 […]
Psaltir Bl[a]zhennago Pro[o]roca I Taria Davida, v leat 7181 [1673]
Manuscripts in RESTITUTIO
Mircea Eliade
Maitreyi
[s.l.], 26 Dec.1932 - 15 feb.1933.
Lucian Blaga
Luntrea lui Caron
[s.l., s.a.]
George Bacovia
Alb. [s.l., s.a.]
RESTITUTIOdescription of the application
– Internet Explorer 6.0 or more recent and Java Run-time environment
– documents can be identified and viewed, together with their bibliographic descriptions
– Documentum Content Server – all content management operations
• Documentum DockBroker Service• Documentum DocBase Service – the interface for stocking of
content data and metadata
– User Interface operates on Apache Tomcat Server
DocumentumJava Method
Server
DocBrokerservice
DocBase service
Server Documentum Content
PDF folders
Apache Tomcat Server
Java Application
SQL ServerSQL Database
RESTITUTIO application
User interface
RESTITUTIO – access to full-text
• Browsing – the content is organized in 5 categories:– Bibliophilic– Old Romanian Books– Old Foreign Books– Correspondence– Manuscripts
• Searching– Simple search– Advanced search, with Boolean operators
RESTITUTIO – simple search
RESTITUTIO – advanced searchSearch methods
Boolean operators
RESTITUTIO - viewsClassic mode (default)
Modern mode
Bibliographic description (OPAC)
Ecoles italiennes du XVII-e au XVIII-e siecle. Ecoles Espagnoles
Perspectives
• DPL is to be expanded, practical possibilities of structuring information for direct access through classical search engines are being studied.
• RESTITUTIO project is to be extended, in order to allow remote access to full-text material through the Internet.
References• Probleme ale modernizarii si finantarii bibliotecii centrale universitare din Bucuresti / Ion
Moiceanu In: Unibib – Revista electronica de biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (nr. 14, noiembrie 2005) http://www.bcub.ro/continut/unibib/probleme_modernizare_bcu.php
• Valori bibliofile in Biblioteca Centrala Universitara din Bucuresti / Constantin Andreea-Mihaela. In: Unibib – Revista electronica de biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (nr. 12, februarie 2005) http://www.bcub.ro/continut/unibib/valori_bibliofile_bcu.php
• Servicii oferite de Biblioteca Centrala Universitara din Bucuresti / Voichita Dragomir. In: Unibib – Revista electronica de biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (nr. 1, noiembrie 2001), http://www.bcub.ro/continut/unibib/dragomir.php
• 1891 – 2001. Jubileul "110 ani de la intemeiere". Redeschiderea Bibliotecii Centrale Universitare din Bucuresti / Serban Suba. In: Unibib – Revista electronica de biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii (nr. 1, noiembrie 2001), http://www.bcub.ro/continut/unibib/suba.php
• Strategia de dezvoltare a Bibliotecii Centrale Universitare din Bucuresti 2004 – 2007, http://www.bcub.ro/continut/valoribiblio/s_strategie2004.php
• Proiectul RESTITUTIO, http://www.bcub.ro/continut/restitutio.html• Biblioteca Centrala Universitara din Bucuresti: între biblioteca traditionala si biblioteca
virtuala/ Voichita Dragomir. In: ABIR : Asociatia Bibliotecarilor din Invatamint - Romania : buletin trimestrial
• Biblioteca Centrala Universitara din Bucuresti: o bibliografie a existentei: 1891-2001/ red.: Anca Podgoreanu si Geta Costache, Bucuresti : [Biblioteca Centrala Universitara din Bucuresti], 2001
• Biblioteca Centrala Universitara "Carol I" - biblioteca digitala: continut si moduri de realizare/ Voichita Dragomir; Corina Fleseriu. In: Conferinta internationala de biblioteconomie si stiinta informarii : Biblio-Brasov 2007
