The

Göttingen Gutenberg Bible goes digital

Digitization of Cultural Heritage and History Primary Resources

Norbert Lossau,Göttingen State and University Library /

Digitization Center (GDZ)

http://www.gutenbergdigital.dehttp://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/GDZ

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Topics I

The Göttingen Digitization Center (GDZ) Background Information Current Digitization Projects The digital conversion process at the GDZ

for primary resources Online Access

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Topics II

The Digitization of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible Concept for “Gutenberg digital” Digitization Equipment and Computer

Hard-/Software environment - Conservation and Image Quality Issues

Digitization Process The product “Gutenberg digital” - Guided

Tour

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The Göttingen Digitization Center (GDZ), funded by the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)

National Supply Centre for libraries and academic institutions in Germany

Co-ordinating national efforts towards standardisation and best practices for digitisation

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Engaged in evaluation and development of tools and techniques for image capture, text conversion (OCR), bibliographic description, source description, document management, and the provision of remote access via World Wide Web

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Current Digitization Projects (Selection)...

Digitization of travelbooks and early North-Americana

1500 volumes

more than 1/2 Mio pages

http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gdz/en/projects/itinnorda_en.html

Digitization of mathematical literature

C.F. GAUSS

more than 1,2 Mio pages

http://www.emis.de/projects/JFM/

European Commission-Project

„DIgitised European PERiodicals“

http://www.sub.uni-goettingen.de/gdz/dieper

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The Digital Conversion Process at the GDZ for Primary Resources

Image CaptureMetadataJoint development of a new Document

Management System (DMS), AGORA

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Image Capture

Technical parameters: 600 dpi resolution, 1 bit b/w (text material), TIFF Vers. 6, ITU G4 compression (grayscale scanning on demand)

Scanning from microfilm (contracting to external service vendors) AND

Scanning from the Original: in-house with book scanners (Zeutschel OS 7000, Minolta PS 7000)

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Metadata

Metadata during the digital conversion process bibliographic catalog data structural (describing) data selective fulltext of navigational units

(TOC...)

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Metadata

The need for international standardsDublin Core, SGML/XML, RDF...

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Our way at the GDZ

Resource Description Format / eXtensible Markup Language

= 1 file with all metadata + image references (bibliographic, structural, selective fulltext) in an open standard for electronic documents

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Download File

Document Structure Description

Metadata RDF/XML

Text of ToC, Index Items, Lists

Processing RDF/XML in the actual Workflow of the GDZ

Document Management

System

(Metadata in RDBMS)

Import

Export

GDZ Tool

Pica2XML

GDZ Tool

DD2XML

GBV /

OCR

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Bibliographic catalog data in RDF/XML, compatible to Dublin Core

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Joint development of a new Document Management System, AGORASpecification and Evaluation: GDZDevelopment: Satz-Rechen-

Zentrum (SRZ), Berlin

www.agora.dewww.agora.dewww.agora.dewww.agora.de

AdministrationAgora Admin

AdministrationAgora Admin

Images

Images

Documents

RDBMS (ODBC)

Documents

RDBMS (ODBC)

TextVerity

TextVerity

SystemSystem

Agora ServletAgora Servlet HTML

TemplatesHTML Templates

WebWeb

ExportPrinting on Demand

PDF , XML

ExportPrinting on Demand

PDF , XML

Agora KonverterJobs: TIFF, GIF, BMP ...

Agora KonverterJobs: TIFF, GIF, BMP ...

Agora:Agora:

ImportImport

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Online Access I

Integrated online access via our Union Library Catalog (PICA/GBV) for all library media (print, microform, digital...)(http-protocol)

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Online Access II

Direct access via our GDZ Document Server (Simple, Advanced Search, Browsing List)

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The Digitization of the Göttingen Gutenberg Bible

Concept for “Gutenberg digital” Digitization Equipment and Computer

Hard-/Software environment - Conservation and Image Quality Issues

Digitization Process The product “Gutenberg digital” - Guided

Tour

Concept

The ‘Base’ of “Gutenberg digital” in Göttingen Close and successful co-operation of different

library departments:• Manuscript and Early Imprints - Dr. Helmut

Rohlfing• Librarian for Religious Studies - Dr. Armin

Mueller-Dreier• Digitization Center - Martin Liebetruth, Dr.

Norbert LossauPLUS Substantial funding by the Lower Saxony

State Ministry for Education and Culture

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Concept Primary Resources

Starting Point: Primary Resources of the SUB Göttingen• The Göttingen Gutenberg Bible

(complete copy on vellum, 2 volumes)

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Plus

The Göttingen Model Book

Concept Primary Resources

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PLUS

Helmasperger´s Notarial Instrument

Concept Primary Resources

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Free of charge available via Internet (Göttingen State and University Library)

+CD-ROM (Saur KG Publishing House)

Concept Access

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The “broad public” (national and international)

AND Scholars

Concept Target group(s)

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Defining 2 main topics for the presentation

1. Digital Facsimile: Göttingen Gutenberg Bible Göttingen Model Book Helmasperger´s Notarial Instrument

Concept Content

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2. Added value I Bringing 3 primary resources on 1 medium Gutenberg Bible - a selection of well-known Bible

verses in different languages Göttingen Model Book, Helmasperger´s Notarial

Instrument - contemporary transcription + translations in modern German and English + selective scholarly commentaries

Concept Content

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2. Added value II Illuminated pages of the Gutenberg Bible -

excellent detailed views Numerous hyperlinks between the patterns of the

Model Book and the colouring of foliage, initials and patterned grounds of the ill. pages

Concept Content

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PLUS Illustrated text about Johann Gutenberg, his

Life, his Epoch-Making Achievements etc. (based on a work of Prof. Dr. Stephan Füssel, Mainz)

Concept Content

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Digitization Equipment

Conservation and Image Quality Issues a maximum consideration of conservation

aspectsAND a maximum quality of the digital facsimile

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Digitization EquipmentConservation

IssuesNO DisbindingContact free scanning (NO glass plate)Short light exposureNO relevant increase of temperature

during scanning process...

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Digitization Equipment Image Quality Issues

High resolutionHigh color depthColor managementStandard file formatNO compression

high quality “Digital Master” concept

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Digitization Equipment

Digital Scan Back Picture Gate 8000 (8000x9700 pixel) with Analog Camera

Special working place (moveable book cradle, low-level vacuum system)

Cool Area Light

The special working place

Control panel

Adjustable Book Cradle

Low level vacuum system (perforated vacuum bar)

Analog Camera Linhof Kardan-E

DigitalScan Back “Picture Gate 8000”

Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-N high resolution lens

The Bible placed in the book cradle, one vellum page lifted on the “vacuum bar”

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The Digitization Process: Martin Liebetruth of the Göttingen Digitization Center (GDZ)

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Computer Hard-/Software Environment

2 x Power Macintosh G3 (1x756 MB and 1xGB RAM)

External Disc Array (140 GB)CDR Jukebox (2 burner, 35 slots)Picture Gate 8000 scanning softwareColor Management System

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Digitization Process

Scanning incl. Storage for the 1.282 pages: 6 months (1 person) File sizes: 380 MB per ill. page, 180 MB per text

page (archival master, 48 bit colour) 710 CDs with 315 GB

Conceptual phase and designing/editing of the CD-ROM + Internet presentation: 4 (5) months

The “product” Gutenberg digital

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Technical implementation: Göttingen Digitization Center (Martin Liebetruth) and imhof multimedia consulting (imc, Göttingen) Bilingual (German/English) Programmed in HTML (+ Flash for illum. Pages)

View with standard Web Browsers Free Accessible Web Version (Göttingen Library) CD-ROM (Saur KG publishing house) for a

reasonable price (50 USD)

Gutenberg digital

Guided Tour

Thank you for your attention...

...and have a look by your own at:

http://www.gutenbergdigital.de

or in the

Exhibition Room of this Conference