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

自1670年以来，德国莱奥波尔迪纳科学院连续出版了系列丛书《Curiosa Medico-Physica Academy Natural urae Curiosorum》。该系列今天出版，标题为Nova Acta Leopoldina，被认为是世界上现存最古老的科学医学杂志。自创刊以来，该杂志服务于学院的首要目标，即收集所有当代医学和科学知识。该期刊的卷构成了关于17世纪末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的基础。前100年出版的卷的一个特点是收集了大量的科学观察报告，特别是医学观察报告(观察)。整个语料库由大约16.000份观察报告组成，其中大部分是拉丁文，包括大约8.000份重印的变体和翻译。与早期并不少见的观察报告集不同，《古董杂书》形成了百科全书式的作品主体，但以连载格式(连载百科全书)出版。在观察报告中，撰稿人提到了在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。该项目旨在以数字方式整合《珍宝杂志社》和该系列的后续标题，直到1791年。该项目将改善对当前科学史和科学院史研究的这一重要来源的获取和可引证能力。在项目过程中，我们计划弥合高质量数字图像供应方面的差距。然而，根据图书情报学目前的技术和专业标准，主要贡献将是添加粒度元数据。因此，个别观测数据将被编入区域和国家目录数据库。最终的产品将是一个方便的展示平台，其中包含可以数字化的所有已知的《古董杂书》卷，包括可用的翻译。演示平台将对一些不同的科学史研究项目起到关键作用。

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.