The Heritage LibraryCultural Development Center
Qatar Foundation
Since 1979
H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hassan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani initiated the building of a private library
1979
1989 H.E. Shaikh Dr. Hassan Bin Mohamed Al-Thani began to develop the collections in the framework of a comprehensive cultural project
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
The Heritage Library is a subsidiary of Cultural Development Center of Qatar Foundation.
2006
90’s
Historical overview
CollectionsForeign Language Books23,000 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 :
Collections
A HANDBOOK OF ARABIA1917
NARRATIVE OF A YEAR’S JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARABIA (1862-63)1866
Collections
William Gifford Palgrave
Collections
GAZETTEER OF THE PERSIAN GULF, OMAN, AND CENTRAL ARABIA1915
Lorimer, John Gordon
Collections
Niebuhr, Carsten
DESCRIPTION DE l‘ARABIE, faite sur des observations propres et des avis recueillis dans les lieux memes1774
Collections
ARABIA FELIX: ACROSS THE EMPTY QUARTER OF ARABIA1932
Thomas, Bertram
CollectionsArabic 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
2,400 MANUSCRIPTS
Collections
Ages: Umayyad األموي العصر
Mamluk العصر المملوكيAbbasid العصرالعباسيOttoman العصرالعثماني
Languages: Arabic
Persian
East Asian
Subjects:Medicine
Astronomy
Arabic literature
Pilgrimage الحج شعائرSahih al-Bukhari البخاري صحيح
600 MAPS For Arabia and GulfThe oldest Maps date back to 1478
Creator: Ptolemy
Collections
120 MAGAZINES - 10,000 VOLUMES12 NEWSPAPERS – 1200 ISSUES of: Arabian Peninsula “Al Jazeera Al Arabiya “
Collections
DigiTurath
HL DigiTurath
Project
Man power
Hardware Software
Collections
Collections
Selection
Angle Categorization
Metadata
Selection
CollectionsPilot Project
Phase 2
European Books = 4326 European Maps = 405 Arabic Books = 711 Arabic Manuscripts = 303 Arabic Newspaper = 60 Arabic Magazines = 12 Arabic Book = 536
Foreign Book= 968 Manuscript = 411
Total = 1915 Selected
Total = 5817 Scanned
Angle CategorizationCollections
Phase 2
Based on the items condition; Collection to be categorized according to the scanning angel as 90 degree (Vcradle) and 180 degree (Flat bed).
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.
Metadata
Collections
To Start the digitization project you should have metadata for 50% of the selected collections.
HL DigiTurath
Project
Man power
Hardware Software
Collections
SoftwareDigital Repository system
Workflow System
OCR
Software
Digital Repository system
Phase 2
DspaceArchivalWare system
Pilot Project
Software
Workflow System Phase 2
1- Thrinaina’s Digiflo : Costs 25,000 USD/Year with support
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. >
Pilot Project
2- Digital Asset Factory [DAF]: Free
Software
OCR
For the Arabic collections HL coordinate with Bibliotheca Alexandrina to get the font files and feed the files to our software.
HL DigiTurath
Project
Man power
Hardware Software
Collections
Hardware
IT Infrastructure
Scanners
Computers
Hardware
IT Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure need to be upgraded to allow digitizing more content .
Phase 2
Hardware
Scanners - 60% of the selected books can be scanned using the existing scanners.- 40% of the selected books require Vcradle scanners.
Phase 2
Pilot Project
Existing scanners :- 7 Flat bed scanners- 1 ATIZ- 1 I2S
Hardware
Computers
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.
Phase 2
HL DigiTurath
Project
Man power
Hardware Software
Collections
Man power
System Administrator
Web Developer
Metadata Specialist
Supervisor
Scanning & Processing & OCR Operators
Scanning & Processing & OCR
Operators
Phase 2
1 Scanning Operator
1 ProcessingOperator
+ = 10 Items/week
Accordingly, - 8 Scanning & processing operators are required.
- Collections to be Digitized in phase 2 = 1915 Items- Phase 2 time period = 1 year
160 Item/Month 1920 Item/Year
Man power
- 2 Arabic OCR operators are required”
The Heritage Library
Thank YouMr. M. Hammam
Assistant Manager
Mr. Amr el-MasryDatabase Developer