Panorama.am
13:39 06/10/2007
Copied books to be digitalized
The Early Manuscripts Electronic Library (EMEL) will work with the
Matenadaran in the digitalization of old books copied by hand (before
the existence of printing presses). The number of these books,
according to Matenadaran director Hrachia Tamrazyan, reaches around
100.
Representatives of EMEL, during a recent visit in Yerevan, attained a
preliminary agreement to start bringing the needed equipment for
digitalization to the Matenadaran by next year, so that the
digitalization of manuscripts would then take place in Yerevan, and to
keep the copies only at the Matenadaran. In other words, in the words
of the museum’s director, the American organization will have nothing
to do with the looking after of the manuscripts.
The up-to-date equipment, with their infrared and purple beams, will
make the lower layers of the manuscripts both visible and
legible. Experts from the organization will teach Armenian experts how
to operate the digitalization equipment. EMEL also plans similar
projects in neighboring Georgia.
We remind that in May of this year the Matenadaran considered the
contract with the American Hill organization to digitalize Armenian
manuscripts as null and void. For this purpose, the Matenadaran plans
to create working groups of experts to study the issue of doing the
digitalizing in Armenia.
In any event, the Armenian National Archives are in discussions with
French and German organizations about the importance of digitalization
and the bringing of equipment to Armenia for this process.
Source: Panorama.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
