Digitization, virtual reconstruction and addition of granular metadata for the scientific journal Miscellanea Curiosa Medico-Physica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum (1670-1791)

科学杂志 Miscellanea Curiosa Medico-Physica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum (1670-1791) 的数字化、虚拟重建和颗粒元数据添加

• 批准号: 354596673
• 负责人: Professor Dr. Wolfgang U. Eckart (†)
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Cataloguing and Digitisation (Scientific Library Services and Information Systems)
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/354596673?language=en
• 关键词: Digitization; virtual; reconstruction; addition; granular

The series Miscellanea Curiosa Medico-Physica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum has been continuously published by the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina since 1670. The series is being published today under the title Nova Acta Leopoldina and is considered the oldest still existing scientific medical journal in the world. Since its inception the journal served the overarching goal of the Academy, to collect all contemporary medical and scientific knowledge. The volumes of the journal form a unique source about the history of science of the late 17th century and onward, a time during which scholars laid important foundations for todays medical and natural sciences.A characteristic of the volumes published during the first 100 years is a large collection of scientific and in particular medical observation reports (Observationes). The entire corpus comprises about 16.000 observation reports, mostly in Latin, including about 8.000 reprinted variants and translations. In contrast to earlier collections of observation reports, which were not uncommon, the Miscellanea Curiosa form a body of works with encyclopedic scope, but published in a serial format (a serial encyclopedia). In the observation reports, contributors refer to earlier reports published in the serial and over time document the changing status quo of scientific medical knowledge.The project aims to digitally consolidate the Miscellanea Curiosa and following titles of the series until 1791. The project will improve access and citability for this important source for current research on the history of sciences and on the history of academies. During the course of the project we plan to close gaps in the availability of high-quality digital images. The main contribution however will be the addition of granular metadata, according to current technical and professional standards in library and information science. As a result, individual observations will be indexed in regional and national catalogue databases. The final product will be a convenient presentation platform containing all known volumes of the Miscellanea Curiosa that can be digitised, including available translations. The presentation platform will be pivotal for a number of different research projects on the history of science.

自1670年以来，德国科学院一直在出版Misspacea Curiosa Medico-Physica Academiae Naturae Curiosorum系列。该系列今天以Nova Acta Leopoldina的标题出版，被认为是世界上最古老的科学医学杂志。自创刊以来，该杂志就服务于学院的总体目标，即收集所有当代医学和科学知识。该杂志的卷形成了关于17世纪后期及以后科学史的独特来源，在此期间，学者们为今天的医学和自然科学奠定了重要基础。在前100年出版的卷的一个特点是大量收集科学，特别是医学观察报告（Observationes）。整个语料库包括大约16.000份观察报告，大部分是拉丁文，包括大约8.000份重印的变体和翻译。与早期并不罕见的观察报告集相比，Misspacea Curiosa形成了一个具有百科全书范围的作品体，但以连载格式出版（连载百科全书）。在观察报告中，贡献者参考了该系列中发表的早期报告，并随着时间的推移记录了科学医学知识的变化现状。该项目旨在数字化整合Misspacea Curiosa和该系列的后续标题，直到1791年。该项目将改善这一重要来源的可访问性和可引用性，以促进当前科学史和学院史的研究。在该项目的过程中，我们计划缩小高质量数字图像的可用性差距。然而，主要的贡献将是根据图书馆和信息科学目前的技术和专业标准增加粒度元数据。因此，将在区域和国家目录数据库中为个别观测编制索引。最终产品将是一个方便的展示平台，包含所有已知的可以数字化的Misercea Curiosa卷，包括可用的翻译。该演示平台将成为科学史上许多不同研究项目的关键。