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Digitalization and Accessibility of AMU Qualification works [paper]

Session: Posters and/or Other Published Material
 
Author: Iva Horová, Library of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague; Czech Republic 
 
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Abstract: Qualification works are a part of AMU's memory, they testify its level and represent an important study material. There are developing activities aiming toward more general projects in the project's area at Czech universities, in compliance with foreign trends. Diploma and Habitation works are included in the AMU library collection. These works are being utilized in the scope of the library. Their extensive usage damages their physical form. Due to their unique nature, the works can not be recovered if the are destroyed, as some were due to the floods. The task of selective retrospective digitalization and full-text publication of the works was solved in the scope of the FRVŠ project at AMU. The realization was performed in the following stages: selection of the works, digitalization (transcription, scanning), attaching of Czech and English abstracts, transforming into PDF, placement of the files at the distribution server and adding relevant URLs into corresponding records of the electronic library catalog. The records are accessible either from library catalog or from the Electronic Reading-room at the AMU web pages. Then the works are accessible directly after their records are found in the catalog, by means of the computer network. There is no need of touching the primary materials, the comfort od the service is increased, as well as the possibility of study outside of the library. The problem of the intellectual property rights was solved by license agreements.
 
About the author: Born 1958. Graduated from the Conservatory in Teplice 1980 (the piano palying). 1984 received PhD degree, Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University Prague, Department of Music Science. 1999 finished study in Library and Information Science in National Library in Prague. 1990-93 took part on developing of automation system in Music Information Centre, which was focused on documentation of contemporary music life. Since 1994 director of the Library of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. Oriented to implementation of new technology in information and library services. Solved a number of projects in this field. Other topics of interests: methodology of describing special types of documents, data conversation, music librarianship. Member of Czech Cataloguing Policy Board, Working Group on Cataloguing of Non-Book Materials and Printed Music and Working Group on Academic Libraries of Council of Universities. External teacher at the Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship and at the Institute of Musicilogy at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague.
 

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