Central Index of Digitized Imprints
Projektbeschreibung
More
imprints have already been digitized in Germany than many
users realize. In April 2005 the German Research Foundation
began funding the establishment of a portal which will
improve access to these holdings: The Central Index of
Digitized Imprints (zvdd). The project partners are the
AG Sammlung Deutscher Drucke (SDD) - in which group the
HAB is responsible for the 17th century -, the Verbundzentrale
des Gemeinsamen Bibliotheksverbundes (VZG) and the Hochschulbibliothekszentrum
(hbz). Scattered, free digital material stemming from
a variety of research projects will be collected and standardized.The
goal is to provide fast and central access to digital
collections, both to titles and single pages as well as
to full texts. The portal can be found at
In addition, the library is engaged in the development of the so called DFG-Viewer. It is participating in the project as an integral part one of the four mass digitization projects of the German research foundation (see dünnhaupt digital). The aim is to design a software that allows a uniform presentation of digital reproductions created in DFG-funded projects. The Viewer receives its data from the library's OAI interface (METS). XML-formats of the viewer and zvdd are bound to be compatible. The Viewer pops up whenever a user clicks on a link in the VD 17 (e.g. 23:278152X). It is also planned to use it for imprints of the library indexed in the zvdd. The website of the Viewer with information about the project and current developments is available here:
Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Contact: Dr. Thomas Stäcker
Tel. 05331-808119, Fax -165
