VD 18: Digitization and cataloging of 2.500 printings for a retrospective German national bibliography for the 18th century

该项目的目标是展示大约2.500份18世纪重要印刷品的数字化副本。这些印刷品将在两年内按照《DFG数字化实用指南》进行数字化，并用书目和结构元数据编制索引。数字化印刷品将可在网上平台VD18以及巴伐利亚联盟目录和大学图书馆的OPAC上查阅。它们还将通过OAI接口被纳入德国数字图书馆和欧洲图书馆。初步分析表明，在该项目内要数字化的印刷品中，约有44%，即约1.100种图书属于“Trew图书馆”。克里斯托夫·雅各布·特鲁是一位18世纪的纽伦堡内科医生和科学家，他的图书馆被认为是德国最重要的自然历史藏品之一。1818年，包括他的学术书信收藏在内的整个Trew图书馆被转移到Erlangen大学，根据其历史书架标记、书盘或其他来源指示，Trew图书馆的印刷实际上将统一在OPAC中以及特定的数字收藏中。拟议的项目将为这一收藏增加重要的印刷作品。

The aim of the project is to display about 2.500 digitized copies of significant printings of the 18th century. These printings are going to be digitized within two years according to the “DFG Practical Guidelines on Digitization” and indexed with bibliographic and structural metadata.The digitized printings will be made accessible on the online-platform VD 18 as well as by the Bavarian Union Catalogue and the OPAC of the University Library. They will also be included in the German Digital Library (DDB) and the Europeana by OAI-interface.About 44% of the printings to be digitized within the project, that is about 1.100 titles, are part of the “Trew Library” as a first analysis has shown. The library of Christoph Jacob Trew, an 18th century physician and scientist of Nuremberg, is supposed to be one of the most important natural history collections in Germany. The entire Trew Library including his collection of scholarly correspondence was transferred to Erlangen University in 1818.Based on their historical shelf marks, bookplates or other indications of provenance, the printings of the “Trew Library” will be virtually united in the OPAC as well as in a specific digital collection. The proposed project is going to add important printings to this collection.