Digitisation of a historical core collection: The „Stadtarchiv Mainzer Zeit“ in the Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg (Archives of the town and monastery of Aschaffenburg)

该项目的目的是将保存在Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv的所谓“Stadtarchiv Mainzer Zeit”（SMZ）的中心历史藏品数字化，从而使研究人员能够访问和了解它。自2020年11月起，申请机构按照档案标准对馆藏进行系统描述（约2500至3000个单位和描述性条目）。“Stadtarchiv Mainzer Zeit”被认为是具有超区域重要性的独特历史收藏品。到项目结束时，整个源语料库将通过超区域数字平台（如DDB和archiportal - d）提供，这对许多研究问题，特别是与早期近代史有关的问题非常重要。项目框架内的计划数字化不仅将重点放在Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv的档案“骨干收藏”上，其中有许多参考选举美因茨的其他收藏，而且还可以更有效地使用和研究系列来源。鉴于阿沙芬堡作为选举美因茨故居的重要性，以及对档案材料的不熟悉，可以假设用户的兴趣将在未来显著增加。未来，这些馆藏将成为传播选举美因茨书面遗产的重要组成部分，以改善德国各档案馆美因茨馆藏的网络化和协调展示。最后的讲习班不仅有助于提供关于项目本身及其结果的资料，而且还有助于促进负责保存与选举美因茨有关的资料的研究人员和机构的联网。

The project’s aim is to digitise a central historic holding, the so-called „Stadtarchiv Mainzer Zeit“ (SMZ), which is kept in the Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv and thus make it accessible and known to researchers. Since November 2020, the applicant institution is systematically describing the holding according to archival standards (around 2 500 to 3 000 units and descriptive entries). The „Stadtarchiv Mainzer Zeit“ is to be considered as unique historic collection of supra-regional importance. By the end of the project, the entire source corpus, which is important for numerous research questions, especially related to early modern history, will then be made accessible via supra-regional digital platforms, such as DDB and Archivportal-D. The planned digitisation within the framework of the project will not only focus on an archival „backbone collection“ of the Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv with its many references to other collections of Electoral Mainz, but in addition the serial sources can also be used and researched much more effectively. In accordance with the considerable importance of Aschaffenburg as a former residence of Electoral Mainz and in view of the unfamiliarity of the archival material, it can be assumed that user interest will increase significantly in the future. In the future, the holding will form an important element in the context of transmitting the written heritage of Electoral Mainz for an improved networked and coordinated presentation of the Mainz holdings in various German archives. A concluding workshop will not only contribute to providing information about the project itself and its results but will also help serve to further the networking of researchers and institutions responsible for the preservation of the holdings related to Electoral Mainz.