This paper deals with the application of digital technologies to the preservation and exploitation of the heterogeneous documents of the Herbarium Universitatis Mediolanensis of the University of Milan. The collection, dating back to the 19th and 20th Century, is mainly constituted by exsiccata, i.e. specimens (whole plants or plant parts) in dried form mounted on paper sheets; the archive also includes large botanical lithographs originally used in schools as educational tools. The long-term goal of the project is to complete the digitization campaign and make all these documents publicly available via a Web portal; currently, all metadata (23000 files approx.) and about 6000 digital objects are online. In this work, the whole process will be discussed, from digitization to the implementation of the Web portal based on a multimedia relational database.
Preserving and Promoting the Herbarium of the University of Milan through Digital Technologies / A. Barate', M.S. Caccianiga, E. Caporali, L.A. Ludovico, S. Pinto, G. Presti, E. Sala, A. Testa. - In: IOP CONFERENCE SERIES: MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. - ISSN 1757-8981. - 949(2020 Nov 12). ((Intervento presentato al 2. convegno Florence Heri-Tech : The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies tenutosi a Firenze nel 2020.
Titolo: | Preserving and Promoting the Herbarium of the University of Milan through Digital Technologies |
Autori: | BARATE', ADRIANO (Primo) CACCIANIGA, MARCO STEFANO (Secondo) SALA, ENRICO (Penultimo) TESTA, ANTONELLA (Ultimo) (Corresponding) |
Parole Chiave: | herbarium; preservation; digitization; promotion; digital technologies |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore INF/01 - Informatica Settore BIO/01 - Botanica Generale Settore BIO/02 - Botanica Sistematica |
Progetto: | Sviluppo di tecnologie multimediali per la conservazione, valorizzazione e divulgazione di un erbario storico l’Herbarium Universitatis Mediolanensis Tecnologie informatiche per la valorizzazione di tavole parietali dell’Orto Botanico Città Studi |
Data di pubblicazione: | 12-nov-2020 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/949/1/012066 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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