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Reuse, promotion and revival of digitized Glagolitic heritage

One of the special features of Croatian written heritage is the usage of three languages (Church Slavonic, Croatian redaction of the Church Slavonic and Latin) and three scripts (Glagolitic, Latin and Croatian Cyrillic called Bosančica). Although it is not in use anymore, Glagolitic script has an important historical significance for Croatian culture and identity. Therefore, Glagolitic documents present valuable sources for research in Croatian history, culture, literary studies, demography, etnology, liturgy, etc. At the University of Zadar, the Center for Research in Glagolitism was founded. The main goal of the Centre is the interdisciplinary research, interpretation, digitization and promotion of Croatian Glagolitics, especially documents of Zadar provenance. One of the tasks of the Center is the high-quality digitization and publication of digital reproductions of Glagolitic materials in open access. Within the Centre, the project Digitization, bibliographic description and research of texts written in Glagolitic, Croatian Cyrillic and Latin scripts until the end of the 19th century in the Zadar and Šibenik area (further Written heritage), was conducted. It is the joint project of the Centre for Research in Glagolitism, Department of Information Sciences of the University of Zadar, Croatia and Vestigia Manuscript Research Centre of the University of Graz, Austria. One of the project goals is a digitization of Glagolitic manuscripts, which are considered the oldest written sources testifying the ways of life of people from the Zadar area. The manuscripts were digitized for purposes of scientific research. The digital collection of those manuscripts is now available on the GlagoLab portal - portal and digital laboratory for collaborative research and promotion of the Croatian Glagolitic alphabet, which enables the use of digital reproductions and metadata for a range of scientific, educational and other purposes. In order to ensure the reuse of the collection for other puposes, certain prerequisites must be met. This presentation will present the necessary prerequisites, which include: ● digitization of Glagolitic heritage, ● a digital library with high-quality digital reproductions of manuscripts and controlled machine-readable metadata, ● empowering collection search capabilities (meaning more searchable, more visible and available Glagolitic heritage) and ● a portal that offers a constantly updated digital infrastructure with tools and applications intended for working with manuscripts. This presentation will show the wealth of possibilities for reuse, promotion and revival of the digital collection of Glagolitic manuscripts for the purpose of: ● scientific research, ● education, ● citizen science, ● digital storytelling and ● cultural tourism. For the purposes of this presentation the selected activities conducted within the Center for Research in Glagolitism will be explained.

digital collection, cultural heritage, Glagolitic heritage, digital infrastructure, GLAM collections

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