Outline of the presentation by Rabbi Seth (Avi) Kadish Building a Free Digital Library from scratch at the EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture, Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013 http://www.digital-heritage.org.il Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.il

1. Hebrew Wikisource: building a Free Digital Library from Scratch
Rabbi Avi (Seth) Kadish
Oranim College, Department of Jewish Thought
Outline of the presentation at the 10 th EVA/Minerva Jerusalem Conference
Show Hebrew Wikisource Main Page
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Beginnings:
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Childhood: Written Torah, Oral Torah, and newspaper clippings
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2003: Wikipedia – This platform would be perfect for texts.
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Especially Judaica (hypertext)!
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Initial Setup. The software and support are amazing.
Scope of project defined by language and free license:
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Hebrew literature
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World literature in Hebrew: Anton Checkov.
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Related Jewish literature: Generous scope for Aramaic, Judeo-Arabic.
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Yiddish Wikisource.
Major Emphasis: Traditional Jewish Bookshelf
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Miqra according to the Mesorah
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Mishnah – Ronen Ahituv
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Talmud – Be'eri Yerushalmi
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Sifra and Malbim – Daniel
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Ben Sira – Or Shapira
Many of the above: New Editions!
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Public domain (hebrewbooks . org) editions lack basic formatting.
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Wikisource = amazing navigation and formatting (Arukh ha-shulchan)
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Peer review: Edition guidelines
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Peer review: Page ratings.
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Example of critical edition based on manuscripts: Orhot Zaddikim.
Wikisource and Sefaria:
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Wikisource: Hebrew Language scope = Israeli Jewry
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Sefaria: Bilingual Judaica scope = Diaspora Jewry