Practical Research on Digitization and Online Publishing of Manuscripts in University Libraries:Case Study of Manuscript Database Construction in East China Normal University Library
Domestic university libraries have collected a large number of paper manuscripts,but due to the lack of overall solutions for digitization,long-term preservation and online disclosure,their value cannot be effectively utilized.Based on the analysis of manuscript database requirements,this study takes the construction of manuscript database of East China Normal University as an example,uses the open source software Goobi to realize distributed manuscript processing and publishing,and uses artificial intelligence technology to dig deep into manuscripts.The underlying architecture based on IIIF enables the special collection to integrate manuscript resources published by internationally renowned cultural heritage institutions to the local.According to the characteristics of manuscript resources,build manuscript online reading image tools,annotation transcription,handwriting recognition,feature recognition,automatic labeling and other functions to improve user experience.In the future,we will continue to explore functions such as celebrity role-playing reference consultation,multi-spectral 3D manuscript browsing,and manuscript identification to promote the construction of manuscript databases in domestic university libraries.
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