Digital Technologies in the Investigation of Printed Heritage

Organized by: the national széchényi Library and the association of the Ecclesiastic Libraries in Hungary

Speaker(s): Ágnes Tóvizi,Anna Boreczky,Csaba Maczelka,Edina Zsupán,Geri Della Rocca de Candal,Gyöngyi Bíró,Judit Ecsedy,Karen Limper-Herz,Katalin Zimányi,László Boka,László Tüske,Margit Kiss,Marian Lefferts,Matilde Malaspina,Róbert Oláh

With the support of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, a CERL Seminar organized by National Széchényi Library and the Association of the Ecclesiastical Libraries was held on May 31, 2019.

Entitled Digital Technologies in the Investigation of Handwritten and Printed Heritage, the seminar was held on the premises of NSZL and featured speakers including several research fellows and staff members of the Hungarian national library.

Programme

– 10.30: Greetings: László Tüske (Director-General, National Széchényi Library), László Boka (Director of Research and Academic Affairs, National Széchényi Library) and Marian Lefferts (CERL executive manager)

SESSION 1

Chair: Geri della Rocca de Candal (CERL; Oxford, Bodleian Library)

– 10.45: Anna Boreczky (Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group, Fragmenta Workshop, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – National Széchényi Library): Catalogue of pre-1300 Decorated Codices Kept in the Manuscript Collection of the National Széchényi Library. Report on an Ongoing Research Project
– 11.10: Matilde Malaspina (15c BOOKTRADE Project, University of Oxford): 15c ILLUSTRATION: A Database to Track the Production and Circulation of Printed Images in Incunables and 16th-century Books
– 11.35: Karen Limper-Herz, (lead curator, Incunabula and Sixteenth Century Books, British Library): The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC): Past, Present and Future
– 12:00: Discussion
– 12.15: Lunch break

SESSION 2

Chair: Anna Boreczky

– 13.10: Edina Zsupán (Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group, Fragmenta Workshop, Hungarian Academy of Sciences – National
Széchényi Library): The Corvina Library: A Complex Scholarly Preservation Approach
– 13.35: Katalin Zimányi (Department of Web Content Coordination, National Széchényi Library): Bibliotheca Corvina Virtualis: Royal Library Collection Reunited
– 14.00: Ágnes Tóvizi (Collection of Early Printed Books, National Széchényi Library): The Hungarica Old Print Collection Then and Now
– 14.25: Discussion, coffee break

Session 3

Chair: Judit Ecsedy (Department of Research in Book and Cultural History – National Széchényi Library)

– 14.50: Csaba Maczelka (Institute of English Studies, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs): Database of Early Modern Album Inscriptions: Introducing the IAA
– 15.15: Róbert Oláh (College Library of the Transtibiscan Church District, Debrecen): A Survey of Hungarian Ecclesiastical Libraries Joining CERL
– 15.40: Gyöngyi Bíró (Ráday Collection, Budapest): After a Disaster: Saving the Calvinist Heritage
– 16.05: Margit Kiss (Research Institute of Literary Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences): Digital Humanities Research in Hungary and the ’Digitális Bölcsészet’ Journal
– 16:30: Discussion
– 16.45: Closing remarks: Marian Lefferts

EVENT INFORMATION

National Széchényi Library - Ceremonial Hall (6th floor)

  • Location: Budapest - Hungary
  • Event date: May 31, 2019

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