1. Working with digitized Mongolian Cultural Heritage Battushig Namsraidorj Institute of Informatics, MAS Ulaanbaatar 51 Mongolia

2. Presentation outline DIGITIZATION PROJECTS & ORGANIZATIONS COMPETENCE CENTER FOR THE DIGITIZATION OF MONGOLIAN HERITAGE (MAS) COMMON PROBLEMS FUTURE GOALS & COOPERATION

3. Three main cultural heritage digitization projects are currently in progress in Mongolia

4. Mongolian Academy of Sciences RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY BOOKS National Library of Mongolia BOOKS MANUSCRIPTS MAPS Center of Cultural Heritage MUSEUMS ARCHAELOGY PALEONTOLOGY ARTIFACTS

5. National LibraryofMongolia Over 1,000,000 books Asian Classics Input Project Since 2005 186140 books digitized (18.6%) 3,4 terabyte size (6 HDD) www.nationallibrary.mn

6. Input center at the National LibraryofMongolia 2 OPERATORS SHOOT 400-600 PAGES DAILY.

7. ACIP project activities at the NLM

8. In 2005, the “Digitization project for the national cultural heritage information” was approved by Mongolian Government.

9. Center of Cultural Heritage National database of the cultural heritage 2007 – 2015 35 organizations (museums,) Each has a Canon 400D digital camera, mini studio 26 438artifacts digitized Registration, catalogue www.monheritage.mn

10. Mongolian Academy of Sciences MAX PLANCK SOCIETY November 2010 Competence center for the digitization of cultural heritage RESEARCH(scientific description) TECHNOLOGY (ECHO) OPEN ACCESS POLICY

11. Cultural heritage resources at the MAS INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 1100 tod 1000 mongol 8000 tibetan PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ARCHAEOLOGY, PALEONTOLOGY

12. Competence Center at the MAS: What we did We chose 12 books and digitized over 1500 pages according to the following criteria: science related, researcher, ownership

13. Judrem by JalkhanzkhutaktuDamdinbazar 1923, 618 pages A detailed description of which traditions of Buddhism were transmitted to Mongolia and who transferred them through India, Pakistan, Uighur and Tibet, also how Mongolians had been passing them down until the early 1920’s.

14. What we did: Virtual museum & Exhibition EXHIBITIONS ARE USUALLY ONE-TIME EVENTS Mongolians are celebrating 100th Anniversary of Enthronement of the VIII Bogd Khan this year. A series of 12 exhibitions will be held in the Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan.

15. “Costumes of the Bogd Khan” exhibition : 2011.02.07-16

16. Common problems TECHNOLOGY RELATED OPEN ACCESS & LEGAL ISSUES

17. Technology related problems Even though National Library of Mongolia digitized a lot of cultural heritage books, there is no digital library system installedfor the books. The ACIP project has stalled and it needs to be renewed in 2011

18. Technology related problems NEED FOR AN ACCESSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE ELECTRONIC WORKING ENVIRONMENT A better technology for digitizing large scale maps and cotton arts HOW TO READ DAMAGED BOOKS 3D SCANNER – digitization of artifacts FISHEYE LENS – virtual museums

19. Legal problems UNIQUE AND VALUABLE OBJECTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OPEN-ACCESS organizations - to make a catalogue first scholars - to get their researches published

20. Max-Planck Society Current and future cooperation Mongolian Academy of Sciences CATALOGUING Scientific description SEARCH TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH&TECHNOLOGY 3D models, virtual museums Digitizing big flat items: maps, cotton arts National Library of Mongolia National Library of Mongolia Center of Cultural Heritage Other cultural heritage sources

21. Conclusion If we help people with better technology in the digitization of cultural heritage they should understand its importance and conveniences therefore more and more resources would become openly accessible for everyone in need.