Опазване на фондове, съхраняващи писмено културно наследство

Author(s): Ivayla Bogdanova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

Written cultural heritage is being preserved mainly in the funds of libraries and museums. Depending to the scientific or cultural area of interest, archival and literary movable cultural properties are being attributed to it. These are manuscripts, incunabula, rare and valuable books, archival documents, periodical editions in the periods 1844-1878 and 1878-1944, rare and valuable editions in different languages dating from 100 years ago, photographs, postal cards, graphics, prints, lithographs, printed maps, posters, watercolor and pastel painting. Deterioration of these monuments is due to the processes of natural aging and physic-chemical destruction of the paper on which they are written, printed or painted, but also due to the way of preservation and usage. In order to protect and preserve the written cultural heritage it is necessary to constantly conduct comprehensive set of activities, including periodic inspection in order to establish the status of the monument or collection; carrying out conservation and restoration processes; creating optimal conditions for preservation and conducting processes of reformatting of the information to another medium in accordance to the requirements imposed by laws, regulations, standards. In reality, however, researches has shown that in general the majority of requirements are not being followed or are unknown to those who are in direct contact with the monuments of the written cultural heritage while performing their specific activities.

In Memoriam. Владимир Дмитриевич Сарабянов

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2016

Предраг Матеич на 60 години

Author(s): Margaret Dimitrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 25/2012

Experiment with Digital Technology in Arts and Culture, the Case of Latvia

Author(s): Gita Senka / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

Accessibility of Latvian cultural heritage to the public via digital environment is a major challenge for the cultural sector, where the priorities are effective digital stock management and long-term preservation of the cultural content, ensuring widespread online availability. Current situation with availability of Latvian cultural content and services in the digital environment does not contribute to the appropriate cultural institutions’ activities within information society conditions. In order to solve the situation, there are several successful projects, which can be taken as a basis and best practice tools for further digitization process, where the main challenges are copyright issues, technological follow-up and development of user-attractive digital products for all audiences, particularly educational and science sector.

Restoration and Preservation of Cultural Heritage Monuments. Digital Presentation and Practical Solutions

Author(s): Rodica-Mariana Ion,Sofia Teodorescu,Ioan Alin Bucurică,Mihaela-Lucia Ion,Daniela ŢURCANU-CARUŢIU / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

In the light of the recent concerns in the assessment of the new conservation treatments and of the development and application of methodologies, technologies, models and tools for CH damage assessment, this paper will deal with some innovative topics related to the digital models for protecting cultural heritage assets in front of various damages. Application of new technologies and digitalization of Basarabi monument is a preventive measure, helping us to build a virtual reconstructions as model for its potential reconstruction and preserving, to give access for the widest possible audience. It will be discussed the new technologies, as the non-destructive diagnosis technologies for the safe conservation a this historic, cultural and architectural – Basarabi churches. For the micro-climatic measurements, a number of sensors have been well distributed inside and outside and a diagram of humidity an temperature is evaluated. The practical examples of restoration and preservation and innovative solutions for the consolidation of this architectural monument, in relation with digitalization (by on-site and remotely data collection, virtual reality and documentation of the heritage). For a digital image of this monument, both a 3D laser scanner and some common digital photos are used, in order to obtain the 3D model of the church, and of the envelope of the church that should be applied over it to stop the seriously damage processes.

Tracking Interoperability Service in Digital Libraries for Orthodox Art and Knowledge

Author(s): Maxim Goynov,Konstantin Rangochev,Desislava Paneva-Marinova,Vladimir Sapunjiev / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

The implementation of the idea of improved access and effective usage of digital libraries content has led to a new type of services, providing their wider content integration and merging. In this context, the analysis of integrating service usability is essential and gives new directions for functionality extension and improvement. This paper presents an analysis of the usage of the interoperability service, compiling content from two digital libraries for Orthodox art and knowledge – the Encyclopaedia Slavica Sanctorum and the Bulgarian Iconographical Digital Library.

Optimization of Natural Dyes' Non-contact Characterization and Interdisciplinary Application Using Ensemble Classifiers and Genetic Algorithms

Author(s): Magdelena Stoyanova,Detelin Luchev,Desislava Paneva-Marinova / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

The reported evaluation of the problematic encountered by non-contact characterization of natural dyestuffs demonstrates that practically no one analytical method alone – destructive, less, or non – can warrant absolute reliability of the results. The main obstacles are due, in general, to our limited knowledge on reactivity of natural compounds, their sources, methods of proceeding and application; to the complexing role of the ambient/medium on the photo reactions, as well as to the actual possibilities of analytical techniques; to the lack of commonly accepted standards amongst different scientific traditions, etc. For to overwhelm these drawbacks and optimize accuracy of NDs characterization, we propose the integration of chemio-physical with computational assessment. The proposed approach consists in calculation the probability of a hypothesis comparing new results with already stored interdisciplinary data using the high performance ensemble techniques Random Forest and Random Subspace based on the genetic approach termed EV-Ensemble approach. Its role is to render more accurate the analytical results, to avoid sampling and simplify the identification analysis, to facilitate interdisciplinary applications of NDs in high technologies, and to share generated experience between the research community.

Digital Presentation of Bulgarian Language Heritage - Tools and Web-applications

Author(s): Ralitsa Dutsova / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

The article describes a model of integrating language techniques with leading-edge technology to develop a web-based on-line tool for heritage language preservation and e-learning. Bulgarian language resources - parallel corpora and bilingual dictionary are presented in an interactive way using a common web-interface which is accessible for students, faculty, and affiliated Heritage language communities.

Using Graph Databases to Represent Knowledge Base in the Field of Cultural Heritage

Author(s): Galina Todorova Bogdanova,Todor Yordanov Todorov,Nikolay Noev / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

This paper presents digital knowledge including context-based annotations of objects in the field of cultural heritage. Some major problems and solutions of digitalization of items, their processing, storing and organizing them in a repository are highlighting. We show how graph databases could be used as data management platform.

Endangered Photo Collections about the Participation of Pre-industrial Bulgaria in Three Wars in the Beginning of the 20th Century

Author(s): Valeri Katzounov / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

The resources of the modern technology presuppose an initiative development in order to unite the efforts and activities for the collaboration in digitalization of the most important pieces of cultural and historical heritage. In a number of cases they have received the support of scientific projects for the creation of an open communication environment with a purpose of promoting the cultural values of the community. This report presents work on a research project for the conservation of cultural heritage at risk. The problem is with national priority and occupies a significant place in the European integration process. The two collections with which we apply in the British Library need special attention due to their poor structural condition even at the time of their transfer to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences more than 50 years ago. The first collection was created by Colonel Petar Darvingov and consists of 3100 black and white old photos, maps and sketches. The second collection of Aleksandar Bozhinov contains 2050 old photos, sketches, caricatures and cartoons with pencil and ink. The documents have an exceptional historical and informational value, but their physical conditions hinders their scientific use. The creation of digital copies will enable working with them, which in turn will protect the originals from further damage. The copied documents will build a distinct insurance fund and the institution will be able to broadcast scientific information through various forms of promotion of the fund – exhibitions, presentations, etc.

Digitization of Documentation at the Scientific Archive of the National Institute of Archeology with Museum

Author(s): Katrina Koleva,Kalina Sotirova-Valkova,Elena Naidenova / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

This paper is focused on the theory, standards and good practices in digitization of archival documents, as implemented in the Scientific Archive at the National Institute of Archeology with Museum (SA of NIAM-BAS). We explored metadata standards for archival documentation ISAD, EAD and “universal” cultural metadata standard Dublin Core trying to choose the best fit for representing of all the fields of SA of NIAM to de facto “standard”, used in NIAM-BAS since the 60s. The archival documentation of archeological museum is very specific and contains five different types of documents: scientific report, field diary, field inventory book, photographic documentation and graphic documentation. The results and current annotation specifics are explained. Perspectives for future information system development are outlined.

A Digitalization of the Museum Funds – a Possible Software for Scientific Passports

Author(s): Philip Mihaylov / Language(s): English Issue: VI/2016

The digitalization of the museum funds is an important process in the realization of the most important functions of the museums in Bulgaria. The attempts for digitalization of the museum funds are accidental. This paper aims to present a development of Regional Historical Museum – Pernik for digital passporting of museum artifacts.

ПРОБЛЕМА ЦЕНТРАЛИЗАЦИИ МУЗЕЙНОГО ДЕЛА В ДИСКУССИЯХ 1917 ГОДА (ПО МАТЕРИАЛАМ СОВЕЩАНИЯ В ИНСТИТУТЕ ИСТОРИИ ИСКУССТВ)

Author(s): Vitaliy Gennadievich Ananev / Language(s): Russian Issue: 3/2016

The paper is devoted to the problem of centralization and unification of museum affairs in the professional debates during 1917. The main issue is analysis of the archival materials of the counsel on museum affairs and protection of monuments, which was held in the spring – summer of 1917 at the Institute for History of Arts (Petrograd). The author analyzes the main reports on this problem made by such prominent museum figures as A.A. Miller, P.P. Weiner, and N.M. Mogilyansky. A connection is established between their content and the general level of museology at that time. The author establishes a link of these ideas to some initiatives in the cultural politics of the post-October period. During this period, there are two main issues in the framework of this discussion. These ideas are linked to some initiatives in the cultural politics of the post-October period. There are two main issues in the framework of this discussion during the period under consideration. The first question is creation of a government body to manage all museum affairs of the country. A.A. Miller and N.M. Mogilyansky write about the structure of museum management. P.P. Weiner argues for the body of monument protection. The second question is redistribution of museum collections, evaluation of their composition on the basis of subject matter disciplines. On the one hand, these discussions show the high level of development of museology in Russia in the early 20th century. On the other hand, they show that the discourse of museology as an independent academic discipline has not yet received sufficient development. Based on the Russian material here, we can trace the transition from the pre-scientific stage of museology to the empirically descriptive stage.

Prace drobne: „Bibliografia Chorzowa” i „Bibliografia Bytomia” jako sposób na zachowanie w pamięci piśmienniczego dziedzictwa lokalnej społeczności

Author(s): Edyta Kosik / Language(s): Polish Issue: 3/2016

The article provides an explanation of the notion of cultural heritage and regional literature. It presents the need and the purposes of the protection of regional literature i.e. the literary heritage of a local community and it demonstrates the means to preserve the memory of the aforementioned heritage i.e. the establishment of a bibliography. With the use of the method of analysis and criticism of literature two examples of bibliographies were described – “Bibliografia Chorzowa” and “Bibliografia Bytomia”. The article discusses the classification of the type of bibliography which these works represent and adduces a definition of such a type of bibliography. The purpose of the establishment of these bibliographies, their scope and arrangement were also described. There is information about the type of documents which both bibliographies register and the period which the publications mentioned therein represent. Also the forms in which both bibliographies are published – a non-serial publication, an electronic document, a database. The places in which these bibliographies may be consulted were indicated.

Generation of Educational 3D Maze Games for Carpet Handicraft in Bulgaria

Author(s): Boyan Bontchev,Radina Panayotova / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

Serious video games applied for learning purposes play a significant and important role for the modern technology enhanced education. The paper presents an educational 3D maze video game dedicated to the development of carpet fabrication in Bulgaria since 17th century until modern days. The game was automatically generated by means of declarative description of the maze processed by an open software tool named Maze Builder and built on top of Unity game platform and specially designed for automatic generation and easy modification of maze video games. There are explained the maze game design process, the educational tasks embedded into the maze, and a practical experiment conducted with the generated game. The initial results obtained from these experiments are very positive and encouraging with regard of playability of such educational mazes and, as well, concerning their easy and straightforward generation by educators, who are not IT professionals.

Deep Belief Networks for Multimodal, Images-based Non Contact Material Characterization

Author(s): Magdelena Stoyanova,Lilia Pavlova / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

Our growing cognisance about the chemo-physical properties of electromagnetic waves and of their interaction with various materials provides expanding range of possibilities for quantification and non contact material characterization even in difficult to computation, « non-standard » domains as this of the cultural heritage. This review - thematically part of the IFIDA project dedicated to digitization of archaeometric and conservation-restoration praxis - deals with the possibilities latest neuroinformatic methods offer for a more efficient and fast interrogation, understanding and classification of multi-modal spectral records of paintings on various supports. The workflow followed during their routine non destructive (ND) analysis by human experts is described in terms of specific technical characteristics, research objectives and concrete application for the artworks' characterization as a prototype to simulate artificially. References to techniques for high semantic level information extraction from low-level features are suggested. The strengths and limitations in application of Deep Belief Networks (DBNs) for compression, visualization and data recognition are also considered. Examples of most appropriate architectures and topological maps of Deep Learning Networks for interpretation of UV, IR, XR, β, γ and CT records performing simple characterization and classification tasks - from single layer perceptron to multi-layer deep belief neural networks for unlabelled data - are presented and explained.

Virtual Museum of Russian Bells in Bulgaria

Author(s): Galina Todorova Bogdanova,Todor Yordanov Todorov,Stefka Kancheva / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

The aim of our research is to trace and passport the Russian bells in Bulgaria on the way of the Russian troops from the Danube to Shipka, given in gratitude for the help provided during the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878). We base our re-search on previous similar projects that we have successfully completed. In this paper we formulate stages of our project and present current situation in their completeness.

A Serious Educational Game of Bulgarian Military and Historical Heritage

Author(s): Nikolay Noev,Maxim Goynov,Vladimir Sapundjiev,Iliya Valev / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

This article present work on the project of developing the models and concepts of serious educational games through related multimedia resources of military and historical heritage.

The Eight National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, Open Access

Author(s): Peter L. Stanchev,Zlatina Karova,Yanita Zherkova,Radoslav Pavlov,Georgi Simeonov / Language(s): English Issue: VII/2017

The paper draws current state of Bulgarian Open access (OA) activities and discussion points for the Eight National Information Day: Open Science, Open Data, and Open Access

ДОКУМЕНТАЦІЙНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ПРАВОВОЇ СФЕРИ: СУТНІСТЬ ТА ОСОБЛИВОСТІ

Author(s): Alla Hrebeniuk,Alla Hrebeniuk,Alla Hrebeniuk / Language(s): Ukrainian Issue: 4/2022

The purpose of the work. The article is devoted to the definition of the features and essence of documentation support of the legal sphere. Methodology consists in the application of methods of analysis, synthesis, comparative method, with the help of which scientific works related to the subject of scientific research are studied. Scientific novelty. Lexicographic sources, scientific works, and normative-legal acts in which questions within the limits of the chosen subject of research were considered are analysed. The absence of the results of a comprehensive study on the issue of documentation support of the legal sphere has been established. It is stated that this does not allow the allocation of communicative areas for its improvement and their implementation. For the first time, the characteristic features are determined and the concept of the communication system of the legal sphere is formulated. Conclusions. The following features of documentation support of the legal sphere are defined: its implementation by creating conditions for legal activity in accordance with specific needs and requirements; their localisation in the context of documenting legal information and organisation of work with legal documents; connection of documentation support of the legal sphere with document science, which has a clear communicative aspect and has an impact on the formation of legal relations; nomination of a legal document as a carrier and source of information of a legal nature and a phenomenon of the information and communication sphere, which has a general communicative and special legal functions. The definition of documentation support of the legal sphere is formulated. It is the process of creating appropriate conditions for documenting information of a legal nature and organisation of office work, necessary for the interaction between participants in the communication system of legal entities, as well as the emergence, change or termination of legal relations.