bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Learning by Doing in the Context of Modern Information and Media Literacy of Students in “Library and Information Management” in ULSIT Using the Digital Collection “Bulgarian Revival”
Authors: Yankova Ivanka , Vasileva Rumelina , Stancheva Silvia
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of learning by doing as a practical tool for managing the training of students in "Library
Management" at the ULSIT, Sofia, Bulgaria, by using the creation of project
'Data Base “Bulgarian Revival Towns” (CD), financed by Bulgarian Ministry
of Education, Youth and Science (1/D002/144/13.10.2011) headed by Prof.
DSc Ivanka Yankova, which aims to create new information resource for the towns which will serve the needs of scientific researches. By participating in generating the an array in the database through searching, selection and digitization of documents from these period, at the same time students get an opportunity to expand their skills to work effectively in a team, finding the interdisciplinary, a causal connection between the studied items, objects and subjects and foremost – practical experience in the field of digitization, information behavior, strategies for information search, etc. This method achieves good results for the accumulation of sustainable knowledge and it generates motivation to work in the field of library and information professions.
Mobile Access to Cultural and Historical Heritage Web Pages
Authors: Stefanov Tihomir , Stefanova Milena
Published: September 2022

The main focus of attention in this paper is the access to websites of leading regional, national and world museums. Their accessibility from desktop and mobile devices is hereby evaluated. The paper covers a detailed analysis of the mobile operating systems, their market share in Bulgaria and the opportunities they offer to the users. The need for contemporary cultural and historical heritage websites which maintain lighter but fully-functioning mobile versions, facilitating and making their access from portable devices easier, is also wellgrounded here.
Digital Right Management (DRM) and Library Copyright Policy
Authors: Trencheva Tereza , Todorova Tania , Trenchev Ivan
Published: September 2022

The purpose of this paper is to introduce Digital Rights Management
(DRM) and its implications for content producers, consumers, and libraries.
Simply stated, DRM is a technology that allows copyright owners to regulate and manage their content when it is disseminated in a digital format, and it is the reason why some patrons cannot access some of the downloadable digital content provided by libraries. In the first part of this paper, we provide a short introduction to DRM by outlining the entities, the various technologies used as well as usage restrictions that come with DRM. In the second part of the paper are discussed the alternatives for the libraries, using DRM as a tool for library copyright policy and the main documents, which present the position of library organizations towards information legislation.
Online Dictionary – Tool for Preservation of Language Heritage
Authors: Dutsova Ralitsa
Published: September 2022

The paper aims to represent a bilingual online dictionary as a useful tool helping preservation of the natural languages. The author focuses on the approach that was taken to develop compatible bilingual lexical database for the
Bulgarian-Polish online dictionary. A formal model for the dictionary encoding is developed in accordance with the complex structures of the dictionary entries. These structures vary depending on the grammatical characteristics of
Bulgarian headwords. The Webapplication for presentation of the bilingual dictionary is also describred.
Query Enrichment for Image Collections by Reuse of Classification Rules
Authors: Spyratos Nicolas , Stanchev Peter , Ivanova Krasimira , Mitov Iliya
Published: September 2022

User queries over image collections, based on semantic similarity, can be processed in several ways. In this paper, we propose to reuse the rules produced by rule-based classifiers in their recognition models as query pattern definitions for searching image collections.
Visible and Invisible Bulgarian Heritage
Authors: Kovatcheva Eugenia
Published: September 2022

This paper dials with presentations of the Bulgarian Cultural and Historical Heritage in the Cyberspace. The study was taking place at the Information management course with bachelor students in Information Technologies, Information Brokerage and Information Security – at the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies. The students describe about 300 different objectives – cultural and historical, material and immaterial.
3D Reconstruction and Digital Visualization of the South of the Royal Palace in Great Preslav
Authors: Boneva Tsvetanka , Yorgova Severina
Published: September 2022

The report presents the film 10 th century. The South of the Royal
Palace in Great Preslav. It consists of two parts – 10 th century. The Royal Palace in Great Prelsav. The Square with the Pinnacle and The Ruler’s Lodgings.
3D and virtual reconstructions of an architectural ensemble – part of the Preslav
Royal Court unearthed during archaeological researches are used in the film.
3D documentaries have already gained popularity around the world and are well received by both scholars and the public at large.
One of the distinguished tourist destinations in Bulgaria is Great Preslav – capital of the mediaeval Bulgarian state and a significant cultural center of the
European Southeast in 9 th – 10 th centuries, too.
The first part of the film is created with the financial support of America for
Bulgaria Foundation and the second – with the funding of Bulgarian National
Science Fund at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science. A team of almost 20 members worked on the film, including computer specialists, professional actors, and translators in the four main European languages – English, German, French and Russian, Trima Sound Recording Studio.
In the first part of the 3D film are shown a segment of the Royal Palace, the square with the water pinnacle and the adjacent buildings – an important structural element of the town-planning of the Preslav Court center in the 10th century.
In the second part the accent is the southern part of the Royal Palace in Great
Preslav, where the personal residence of the Preslav ruler’s dynasty is situated.
The work on the virtual reconstruction was done by Virtual Archaeology club at the Mathematical School, Shumen. Due to the efforts of its members it is now clear how the square in front of the southern gate looked like.
Digitisation and Presentation of Historical Materials in a Virtual Exhibition ‘The Image of India in Bulgaria: from the late 19 th to the late 20 th Century’
Authors: Atanasova Violina , Bogdanova Galina
Published: September 2022

The main contribution of this project is the study of collections of valuable documents related to the image of India in Bulgaria. Digital repositories of selected samples are constructed using modern information technologies.
The results are presented in a virtual exhibition ‘The Image of India in Bulgaria:
from the late 19 th to the late 20 th century’.
Mobile Applications for Cultural and Historical Places
Authors: Stefanov Tihomir , Stefanova Milena
Published: September 2022

A review of free applications of smartphones working under the operation system of Android is made in the paper. The applications present users information about historical and cultural places of interest at travelling. There are three main groups of applications subject of discussion in the paper – world, national and regional. Their abilities, positive and negative characteristics are compares and described. A conclusion can be made that there is a necessity of new application that presents tourists detailed information about the Old capital of Bulgaria.
Mobile Exploring of the Bulgarian Iconography through QR Codes in the GUIDE@HAND Tourist Guide Application
Authors: Kaposi Gábor , Szkaliczki Tibor , László Márkus Zsolt , Luchev Detelin , Goynov Maxim , Paneva-Marinova Desislava
Published: September 2022

The following paper presents an application of QR code marking of digital iconographical collections for their outdoor mobile access and exploring through the GUIDE@HAND audio tourist guide.
Linguistic Corpora as International Cultural Heritage: The Corpus of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Parallel Texts
Authors: Siruk Olena , Derzhanski Ivan
Published: September 2022

The paper relates about our ongoing work on the creation of a corpus of Bulgarian and Ukrainian parallel texts. We discuss some differences in the approaches and the interpretation of some concepts, as well as various problems associated with the construction of our corpus, in particular the occasional
‘nonparallelism’ of original and translated texts. We give examples of the a pplication of the parallel corpus for the study of lexical semantics and note the outstanding role of the corpus in the lexicographic description of Ukrainian and
Bulgarian translation equivalents. We draw attention to the importance of creating parallel corpora as objects of national as well as global cultural heritage.
Technology of Three-Dimensional Scanning “Structured Light”
Authors: Todorov Todor , Noev Nikolay
Published: September 2022

Protection and preservation of cultural and historical heritage are particularly relevant today. The paper presents essence and challenges in the process of three-dimensional scanning of objects. Special attention is paid to the methodology of 3D scanning of cultural artifacts.
Towards Wider Sharing of Iconographical Art Content
Authors: Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Goynov Maxim , Luchev Detelin
Published: September 2022

Information and multimedia technologies that have been developed during the past couple of years provided new e-tools to memory institutions
(viz. museum, libraries, galleries, etc.), reviving the valuable treasure made by generation of people. Digital libraries (DLs) are such powerful contemporary tools for cultural heritage presentation, preservation and archiving. However, DLs power will increase significantly if they use mechanisms for ubiquitous sharing of their e-artefacts and they distribute attractive content in the social networks, reflecting community demands and needs. This paper presents a service for automatic sharing of iconographical artefacts and full collections from the Bulgarian Iconographical Digital Library to selected Facebook communities. In this case the service will be used for widely promotion of knowledge about East-Christian Iconographical Art and Culture, but I could be used not only for this and not only in this domain.
Encyclopaedia Slavica Sanctorum: Further Developments
Authors: Rangochev Konstantin , Dimitrova Margaret , Goinov Maxim
Published: September 2022

The paper analyses statistical data concerning the use of the electronic Encyclopedia slavica sanctorum, an e-product with information about the texts about saints in medieval and early modern Slavonic manuscripts and printed books and in records of oral stories of the Bulgarian popular culture.
The users' and guests' operations (viewing dates, viewing objects, and searching) are discussed and thus the advantages of this e-encyclopedia are revealed.
Web-based Software System for Preservation of Language Cultural Heritage
Authors: Dutsova Ralitsa
Published: September 2022

The paper presents a software system for preservation of Bulgarian language resources – parallel corpora and bilingual dictionaries. The system allows an open access to digital language resources via internet. The main components and the functionalities of the current version of the system are briefly described. The article emphasizes on the description of the module “Search” (a tool for information retrieval and data extraction from a bilingual dictionary).
Manuscript Investigation in the Sinai II Project
Authors: Hollaus Fabian , Camba Ana , Fiel Stefan , Saleem Sajid , Sablatnig Robert
Published: September 2022

This work is concerned with the analysis of historical manuscripts.
The manuscripts investigated are partially in a bad condition, due to their age, bad storage conditions etc. These circumstances impede a transcription of the ancient writings, as well as the application of document image analysis methods. Therefore, the writings are imaged with a portable MultiSpectral Imaging acquisition system. By using this non-invasive investigation technique the contrast of the degraded and faded-out writings can be enhanced. In order to gain a further contrast enhancement, a post-processing method has been developed.
Additionally, two document analysis methods have been developed in order to facilitate the work of scholars: First, an Optical Character Recognition is described. Second, a method designed for the automated identification of writers of ancient Slavic manuscripts is explained. This paper provides an overview on the manuscript investigation techniques mentioned.
ELDORADO Project
Authors: Pancza János
Published: September 2022

Hungarian libraries have formed a consortium that led by the National Széchényi Library (NSZL). This consortium is maintaining a project called
ELDORADO that provides a new service model and infrastructure environment in digital library field. Our company Cultware is the main system developer partner, focusing on the building of the whole hardware and software architecture and infrastructure of the project.
The main scope of the project can be set by some major objectives: Providing digital access for library holdings regardless of their copyright or digitization status. It occurs a large set of on-demand digitisation activities, the registration of digital documents that have digitized already in different libraries in a common single service environment.
These activities have coordinated by a library consortium in partnership with all the relevant stakeholders on the related fields. Offering equal and remote access to digital information to all Hungarian spoken people regardless their geographical location is an ultimate goal of the project. Digital access must include a large set of copyrighted materials, orphan works and public domain documents.
A major goal (through new collaboration forms with publishers) is to re-publish out-of commerce works in digital format. The project includes collection, preservation and publication activities together in a single service environment.
PanamaTipico.com: a Born Digital Initiative for Researching and Preserving Panama’s Cultural Heritage
Authors: Jaén Espinosa Marino
Published: September 2022

This paper reflects on the experience of PanamaTipico.com, an independent website specialized in the research and preservation of the cultural heritage of the Republic of Panama, a developing country located in Central America. Basic information about the project is described. Also discussed, are some of the challenges confronted by the project and the results achieved. The goal of this paper is to encourage a discussion on whether or not the experience of PanamaTipico.com is comparable to the experiences of similar projects in developing countries in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.
Mass Digitization of a Scientific Biodiversity Collection
Authors: Slijkhuis Olaf
Published: September 2022

In late 2012 the Dutch biodiversity center Naturalis published a tender for the mass digitization of herbarium sheets. Picturae proposed a solution with an industrial approach consisting of a conveyor belt construction with a fully automated processing workflow. From checking the technical parameters of the digital images to cropping and making all the derivatives. The digital images can be delivered to the network right after scanning. This approach makes it possible to produce high quality digital images without expertise of the operator.
Demo: A Virtual Museum
Authors: Marlokov Simeon , Bozhilova Vanina , Karadecheva Maria
Published: September 2022

This demo covers the concept of preserving our historical consciousness in the vast and never stopping world in which we currently live – using the technology of today to create an application, recreating key museums and granting access to everybody, from everywhere.
Development of an Online Computer Game for the Visitors in Exhibition Halls of the Archaeological Museum – Veliko Tarnovo
Authors: Sabev Plamen
Published: September 2022

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Recent Developments in Digital Mathematics Libraries
Authors: Rákosník Jiří , Stanchev Peter , Pavlov Radoslav
Published: September 2022

The paper presents recent developments in the domain of digital mathematics libraries towards the envisioned 21st Century Global Library for
Math ematics. The Bulgarian Digital Mathematical Library BulDML and the
Czech Digital Mathematical Library DML - CZ are founding partners of the
EuDML Initiative and through it contribute to the sustainable development of the European Digital Mathematics Library EuDML and to the global advanc ements in this area.
Web-based System for Digital Presentation, Management and Preservation of Bulgarian Language Heritage
Authors: Dutsova Ralitsa
Published: September 2022

The paper briefly describes a web-based software system for presentation, processing and management of Bulgarian language resources as a part of the Bulgarian cultural heritage. The system will be available in the cyberspace.
It allows an open access through the global network to the well-structured digital language data - bilingual dictionary and parallel corpora. The structure and main functionalities of the system, implemented as a set of web-applications, are presented.
INFO@HAND: Mobile Application for Conference Series
Authors: László Márkus Zsolt , Kaposi Gábor , Szántó György , Szkaliczki Tibor , Veres Miklós , Weisz Zsolt , Routsalainen Werner , Luchev Detelin , Pavlov Radoslav
Published: September 2022

The paper presents an offline mobile application (INFO@HAND) providing information about the DIPP conference series for conference participants and scientists interested in the conference scope and topics. In order to support the participants of the international conference, the application contains an event calendar, provides information about the presentations (including the abstracts as well), the presenters, locations and the organiser(s), presents the call for papers and the important deadlines, a map with the conference locations, etc. The offline application is more than a conference guide because it can also present conference materials (presenters and papers) of the preceding years, thereby representing a scientific knowledge base.
DCH-RP and PREFORMA: Two Case Studies on the Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Authors: Fresa Antonella , Prandoni Claudio
Published: September 2022

The huge amount of digital cultural heritage data is growing every day thanks to the digitisation programmes carried out by cultural institutions.
These data should continue to be available in the future to anyone who wishes or needs to access them. This is a very important challenge memory institutions have to face nowadays, and several questions need to be answered to this regard: How will we ensure the long-term preservation and access to our digital information? Who should select which digital data should be saved? How will we successfully store and migrate data as technology evolves? Understanding of digital preservation requires consideration of two main aspects: organisation and technology. Several projects have been funded in the last years to work on these topics by the European Commission. This paper presents the work that is being carried out in two of these projects: DCH-RP and PREFORMA.
The Use of Digital Technologies to Enhance User Experience at Gansu Provincial Museum
Authors: E Jun , Zhao Feng , Choon Loy Soo
Published: September 2022

This paper discusses the critical issues faced by Gansu Provincial
Museum in attracting and maintaining its audiences, and how it engages digital technology to create new compelling exhibits via the use of both digital and multimedia tools. Real life examples using virtual reality, augmented reality and interactive games will be briefly discussed.
Implementation of 3D Sound Effects for Museums Using Raspberry Pi and Home Theatre System
Authors: Radmanović Miloš
Published: September 2022

In recent years, museums are exploring digital and computer technologies to enhance visitor experience and for that purpose a variety of systems for creating 3D sound effects for museums have been implemented. The growth of the performance of low-cost minicomputers leads to the issue of their integration with home theatre systems for simple implementation of 3D sound effects. This paper presents one solution for implementing 3D sound effects for auditory illusions immersive experiences in museums using the Raspberry Pi minicomputer and a home theatre system with 5.1 surround sound. With this solution it is possible to create a museum visitor detector via Raspberry Pi that uses motion detection to trigger 3D sound playing on a home theatre system. The solution was experimentally tested developing an audio system called “Auditory Illusions for Concentration Camp Museums”. The system was developed to enrich the exhibition in the Red Cross Second World War Concentration Camp
Museum in the city of Niš, Serbia.
Tools for Presenting 3D Objects and Virtual Collections Online
Authors: Georgiev Vladimir
Published: September 2022

With the emerging Internet technologies, the need for rich and interactive web content has drastically increased. The presentation of information in an attractive way is extremely important for fields like digital libraries, e-
Learning and e-Commerce. This paper describes a set of tools we developed for adding visualization of 3D content to new and existing web pages, which can be used by authors with various expertise and skills. Once embedded into a web page, this functionality becomes available on all modern devices and web browsers, without the need to install any additional software.
Archiving the Web Site of the Bulgarian National Radio - Our Digital Memory Accessible Tomorrow
Authors: Krandeva Anelia
Published: September 2022

The paper describes some of the issues of web archiving. The preparing the web site of the Bulgarian National Radio for web archiving is discussed.
Technical Visualizations of Easel Painting. Integration of Imaging Techniques and Textual Repertories
Authors: Stoyanova Magdelena , Luchev Detelin , Pavlova Lilia , Provorova Irina
Published: September 2022

Technical visualizations (TV) of easel painting, both partial or extended, are typically concerned with prospecting its structure, technique, material composition and eventual posterior interventions in order to facilitate the mapping of its characteristics being identical to those of other similar objects.
For both types the main challenge is being able to integrate and compare the significant increase in the quantity and quality of image-based data resulting from rapid technological advancement in recent years. Their second critical component matches the algorithm of logical processes that, in principle, should be followed by analysis of a specific artistic technique on a unique artefact. The third crucial point is the translation of interdisciplinary to schematic or imagebased data and the standardization of dictionaries used to enable their sharing.
TVs are functional to the understanding of complex cases and, although the reliability of their issues is not absolute but only a nulla osta, they represent an important step towards the drastic reduction of errors produced by discontinued, fragmentary experiments in dating and authentication of easel painting.
Interactive Environment for Digital Preservation and Preservation of Fashion Objects
Authors: Pavlova Lilia , Sapundjiev Vladimir
Published: September 2022

This paper presents the overall structure and the functional specification of an interactive environment for digital preservation and preservation of fashion objects connected with digital data repository, developed to serve the
students’ learning needs of the National Art Academy.
Cataloguing the Slavonic Manuscript Collection of the Plovdiv Public Library – MARC21 * Template
Authors: Lessenska Antoaneta , Aneva Sabina
Published: September 2022

The paper presents a standardised scheme for describing the whole
Slavonic Manuscript Collection kept at the Plovdiv Public Library and its adaptation to the MARC 21 Format for Bibliographic Data. A template for cataloguing is introduced, which has been tested on 58 fragments. So far all 137 bibliographic records have been processed and another 40 manuscripts from the XIX century are yet to be catalogued. This will present the Slavonic Manuscript Collection of the Plovdiv Public Library in its entirety.
The Sixth National Information Day: Open Access to Scientific Information
Authors: Stanchev Peter , Jecheva Guenoveva , Pavlov Radoslav
Published: September 2022

The paper discusses in brief the Open Access (OA) Initiative, the European Union’s and the main Bulgarian activities in this field. The discussion question for the Sixth National Information Day: Open Access to Scientific Information and workshop are outlined.
Tracking Interoperability Service in Digital Libraries for Orthodox Art and Knowledge
Authors: Goynov Maxim , Rangochev Konstantin , Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Sapunjiev Vladimir
Published: September 2022

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.
Presentation of UNESCO Bulgarian Cultural Heritage Sites as Knowledge System in a Learning Environment
Authors: Kovacheva Stefka
Published: September 2022

The article describes cultural heritage sites in Bulgaria, under the protection of UNESCO, as database elements that can be used for e-learning.
The learning environment will motivate intellectual inquiry and, through organizing the methods of collecting and managing information, will be created cultural knowledge for existing and new sites, which will be evaluated and promoted. The environment serves the State Educational Standards (SES) of educational content for the cycle Social Sciences and Civic Education. The established database presents structured, scientifically proven and didactically correct knowledge, and is a conceptual framework of how sites can be viewed, perceived and "assembled". For the users (learners) the information about sites is a basis for research and a communication tool. By interpreting the cultural significance of artifacts, they structure information based on the attributes of the database. The features of the sites are a carrier of memorable and enriching information. The meaning is not found only in a specific object, but is created from the interaction between user, message and environment.
E-learning environment UNESCO Bulgarian Architectural Heritage Sites
Authors: Kovacheva Stefka , Dimitrova Ludmila , Pezhgorski Kalin
Published: September 2022

The article describes an E-learning environment, currently under development, which will present UNESCO architectural heritage sites in Bulgaria.
The environment is based on the State Educational Standards for learning content of the “Social Sciences and Civil Education” subject cycle. The project
aims at applying this software environment in appropriate educational course forms related to the culture and history of Bulgaria.
Using Graph Databases to Represent Knowledge Base in the Field of Cultural Heritage
Authors: Bogdanova Galina , Todorov Todor , Noev Nikolay
Published: September 2022

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.
European Digital Mathematics Library EuDML. Current State and Future Plans
Authors: Rákosník Jiří , Stanchev Peter , Pavlov Radoslav
Published: September 2022

EuDML makes the mathematics literature available online in the form of an enduring digital collection, developed and maintained by a network of institutions. EuDML is currently indexing more than 257 000 items across 14 collections. The current state and future plans are presented.
Endangered Photo Collections about the Participation of Preindustrial Bulgaria in Three Wars in the Beginning of the 20th Century
Authors: Katzounov Valeri
Published: September 2022

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.
Leveraging Digital Cultural Memories
Authors: Constantopoulos Panos
Published: September 2022

The penetration of ICT in the management and study of material culture and the emergence of digital cultural repositories and linked cultural data in particular are expected to enable new paths in humanities research and new approaches to cultural heritage. Success is contingent upon securing information trustworthiness, long-term preservation, and the ability to re-use, re-combine and re-interpret digital content. In this perspective, we review the use in the cultural heritage domain of digital curation and curation-aware repository systems; achieving semantic interoperability through ontologies; explicitly addressing contextual issues of cultural heritage and humanities information; and the services of digital research infrastructures.
The Seventh National Information Day: Open Access to Scientific Information and Data
Authors: Stanchev Peter , Karova Zlatina , Zherkova Yanita , Pavlov Radoslav , Simeonov George , Neupane Bhanu
Published: September 2022

The paper draws the current state of Bulgarian Open access (OA) activities and discussion points for the Seventh National Information Day: Open
Access to Scientific Information and data.
Experiment with Digital Technology in Arts and Culture, the Case of Latvia
Authors: Senka Gita
Published: September 2022

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.
New Tourist Service Based on Virtual Reality Glasses in the Town of Miskolc, Hungary
Authors: Nagy Júlia , László Márkus Zsolt , Kaposi Gábor , Szántó György , Szkaliczki Tibor , Vass Norbert
Published: September 2022

The paper presents how the VR technology helps tourists in selecting their destinations. The current state-of-the-art service is the result of systematic development activities which has become available in the tourist information office (Tourinform) in the town of Miskolc. The visitors can discover the local sights either on the Web site of the tourist organisation, or in the
GUIDE@HAND Miskolc smart phone application, or from now on, in a virtual space due to the Virtual Reality (VR) technology with the help of 3D VR glasses and spherical panorama pictures.
Characteristics of Interactivity and Using the Interactive Technologies in System North+
Authors: Georgieva-Tsaneva Galya , Bogdanova Galina , Subev Negoslav
Published: September 2022

The present study examines the interactivity, categories and levels of interactivity and its various forms in the digital environment. The issue of the characteristics of interactive learning communication has been investigated. The study outlines the specificities of ensuring the integration and interactive representation of cultural heritage artifacts in the North+ region. The problems of people with visual difficulties in accessing interactive systems and digital cultural heritage are being addressed.
Expanding the Knowledge Base and Development of New Skills of Museum Specialists in Line with the Digital Era
Authors: Stewart Radovesta , Zheleva-Monova Maria , Zhelev Yanislav
Published: September 2022

The absence of adequate training is one of the main problems for museum specialists in the process of digitalization of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The first part of the paper presents the main results of a survey related to the topic among the staff of Regional historical museum Burgas. The second half discusses the paradigm of Massive open online courses (MOOC) as one innovative and flexible solution for continuing vocational education and training.
Presented are the results of a large scale research conducted in the framework of
BizMOOC project regarding the usage of MOOCs for corporate training in European organizations including cultural institutions such as museums, libraries, archives etc.
Accession of Unstructured File Collections
Authors: Herschung Alexander , Kleinmanns Marit
Published: September 2022

Unstructured file collections will keep archives increasingly busy, as the digitisation of the workplace as well as the private correspondence pro-ceeds.
But the archiving of this kind of data requires a lot of time and per-sonnel. startext
COMO is a software tool that helps to organize and evaluate unstructured file collections.
Research Project for the Preservation of the Cultural and Historical Heritage
Authors: Ilieva Darina , Vaptzarova Gabriela
Published: September 2022

The exceptional contribution of Felix Kanitz to Bulgarian scientific and cultural development is an occasion to present to Bulgarian and European public his artistic and documentary heritage, to turn again our attention to the personality and the significant achievements of the great explorer of the Balkans in the 60s and 70s of the nineteenth century. Kanitz`s imagery and literary heritage belong to the most valuable elements of our material and spiritual culture. In the prospect of association of our society to the European community Kanitz`s works should be understandably promoted in the scientific space so as to point out Felix Kanitz`s cultural contributions to Bulgaria and to better identify his relationship with both the national Bulgarian identity and the Balkans and European nations.
The artistic works and literary heritage of F. Kanitz which have been preserved until today are valuable elements of the common European material and spiritual culture. The time has come for them to be presented correctly in the scientific world and through the new communication technologies to become available for the public. The Scientific Archive and the Central Library of BAS have a mutual project for specifying and broadening the knowledge about the life and work of Kanitz, and for digitalizing and publishing pages of his private archives. This is a responsible researchers` task which has an important significance for affiliating the Bulgarian culture into European cultural environment.
A Serious Educational Game of Bulgarian Military and Historical Heritage
Authors: Noev Nikolay , Goynov Maxim , Sapundjiev Vladimir , Valev Iliya
Published: September 2022

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.
Women in the History of Academic Science in Bulgaria
Authors: Ivanova Dzheni
Published: September 2022

The goal of this paper is to present the project “Women in the history of academic science in Bulgaria” of the BAS Scientific Archive. In this regard, will be created an encyclopedic reference book and an archival database about the academic career of women. The expected scientific results are as follows: establishment of an information body with free access to the materials and options to extract concepts from them; building a comprehensive interdisciplinary theoretical framework for analysis of information on women in science; the popularization of themed archives will enrich the vision of women history and science history, as well as about the cultural and historical heritage.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) – an Important Element in Scientific Communication
Authors: Lena Pavlovska Е
Published: September 2022

Digital object identifier (DOI), which appeared in the late 1990s, allows users to immediately find on the Internet the digital object they are interested in – an article, book, journal, dissertation, etc. Nowadays the DOI technology is widely used by foreign publishers. The availability of DOI in scientific documents, as well as the inclusion of DOI in bibliographic references in the literature, has already become a mandatory requirement for journals indexed in the Web of Science and Scopus databases. Unfortunately, DOI is included only by some journals published in Bulgaria. The article presents some new opportunities which DOI opens not only to scientific journals, but also to authors.
ORCHIS - Technology in Help of Botanists and Foresters on Both Sides of the Border
Authors: Stewart Radovesta , Zhelev Yanislav , Monova-Zheleva Maria
Published: September 2022

This paper presents the technology developed as a part of the project
ORCHIS. It aimed to research, record and digitalize data on the species of orchids that live in Standzha Mountain, which is separated between Bulgaria and Turkey.
The collected information is fed to a specialized software installed on mobile devices available to the local foresters and biologists and then presented in a summarized way on a web platform. Both – software and web platform are tools which succeed the easy identification of orchid species as well as base for sustainable research of their population and habitats.
Out of Order: How External Multimedia Companies "Errorize" Archaeological Exhibitions
Authors: Hanussek Benjamin
Published: September 2022

This paper discusses the influence of private companies in the museum sector. For that I will use qualitative accounts and my empirical research to evaluate and interpret the issue. This article shall present the delegation of multimedia development to outsourced companies at expense of the museum’s integrity.
Edge Detection Algorithms in Mapping the Condition and Historic Phases of the Last Judgment Mosaics in Torcello/Venice
Authors: Stoyanova Magdelena , Pavlova Lilia
Published: September 2022

Whenever innovative survey techniques allow gathering detailed information about fixed building interiors, establishing the conditions, authenticity or the structural problems of historic built in mosaics rests a quite complex process. This paper analyzes the reliability of digital post processing techniques to support distinguishing among application methods, original and remade areas, and for detailed damage assessment. The results are destined to form an interdisciplinary repository regarding the Byzantine mosaics of Torcello as hearth of the
Veneto-Byzantine mosaic school of the 13th c.
The Intensifying Prefix prein a Corpus of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Parallel Texts
Authors: Derzhanski Ivan , Siruk Olena
Published: September 2022

The subject of this study is the intensifying (elative) adjectival prefix
prein Bulgarian and Ukrainian. The material comes from a bilingual corpus of parallel texts. The results demonstrate that the productivity of this prefix in the two languages is superficially similar, but its use shows significant mismatches, often motivated by structural and semantic peculiarities. The study also reveals some unexpected aspects of elative derivation in Ukrainian.
Providing Open Access to Digital Repositories for Social Sciences and Humanities Publications – Problems and Best Practices
Authors: Pavlov Radoslav , Luchev Detelin
Published: September 2022

The report presents some problems and best practices for providing open access to digital repositories for scientific publications in social sciences and humanities (SSH). Editions in SSH have specifics that concerns publications in many national languages, deep archives, metadata, search, etc. As an example, the Central and Eastern European Online Library – CEEOL has been chosen, because CEEOL is a leading provider and a repository offering a highly specialized and comprehensive collection of fulltext publications in SSH. Over 75% of the editions indexed in CEEOL are open access. The study analyzes the main characteristics of CEEOL as: services, functionalities, opportunities for using its resources and the state of the Bulgarian collection.
Transformed Into Digital Resources - a New Life for the Cultural Heritage Related Research and Scientific Archives
Authors: Stewart Radovesta , Simeonov Stanislav
Published: September 2022

For decades, museum specialists have kept their research on paper precious invaluable work. Today, this lost knowledge can be made available again. By digitalizing these studies and providing them with open access will offer scope for a deeper study of the Bulgarian cultural heritage, an integral part of which are the works of the investigators, ethnographers, historians, archaeologists. The paper gives a further look into the process of digitalizing old studies related to the cultural heritage initially from the archives of Regional historical museum Burgas. The described model is universal and can be a base for other cultural organizations that would like the ability to open their archives up to third parties, make them easy accessible, easy to maintain and become more sustainable.
Using Dspace Platform for Creation of Open Access Local Repositories
Authors: Simeonov George , Stanchev Peter
Published: September 2022

The paper presents a brief review of the Dspace software platform for long-term data storage with indexing and search system used for open access repository creation. The experience of using and maintaining the platform for building BulDML and BGOpenAIRE repositories are highlighted.
Smart Solutions for Guided Cultural Routes along the Iron Age Archaeological Sites of the Danube Basin
Authors: Czifra Szabolcs , Pálinkás Adrienn , László Márkus Zsolt , Szkaliczki Tibor , Veres Miklós , Weisz Zsolt
Published: September 2022

Reverberating on the social expectations connected to the cultural heritage, international cooperation was launched in order to communicate a lively image of archaeological research and to raise awareness for the importance of fragile monumentalized landscapes. The EU funded Iron-Age-Danube project resulted in several working camps, scientific and informative papers, presentations and new museum programmes. A smart device solution offers easy and wide access to the outputs and is the best suited to the present-day experience-oriented tourism approach. The GUIDE@HAND application offers archaeological sites by using a variety of interactive multimedia objects including maps, serious games, augmented reality, videos, panorama pictures, guided tours and a lot of other functions. The content is based on archaeological researches and can be updated even by the non-experts.
Conceptual Model of a Mobile Application for Educational Purposes to Help Preserve the Country's Historical Heritage and Promote the Cultural Identity of the Nation
Authors: Pavlova Daniela
Published: September 2022

The increase of smartphones with Internet access has been a steady trend over the last 10 years and already represents a solid infrastructure that can be easily used for educational purposes. The creation of a mobile application in the field of cultural heritage can be a valuable aid for the dissemination of cultural and historical data.
File Format Migration as Digital Preservation Strategy – A Report on Practical Experiences
Authors: Herschung Alexander , Oelgeklaus Martin
Published: September 2022

The Open Archive Information System reference model is a first solution for handling the big number of digital documents. With startext SORI we created a ready-to-use software, based on the OAIS model. So files get prepared for the future, but like every model, there are still aspects to improve.
An Approach for Valorisation of the Emerging Tacit Knowledge and Cultural Heritage in Rural and Peripheral Communities
Authors: Monova-Zheleva Mariya , Zhelev Yanislav , Stewart Radovesta
Published: September 2022

Much of the European cultural heritage is embedded in rural areas and remote regions, often closely linked with the natural environment. As the culture sector evolves and changes due to digitization, so do the skills required of individuals active in the sector. These changes can only be met by relevant and demand-sensitive educational offers. The current paper presents the main outcomes achieved so far in the framework of the Erasmus+ Project VAL.oR “Tacit knowledge emerging for a sustainable valorization of the cultural heritage in rural and peripheral communities” aiming to propose new approach supporting and sustaining local and regional cultural heritage and the economic benefits for communities that result from well managed and organized festivals and events.
Challenges and Perspectives in Creating a Digital Epigraphy Collection Using TEI XML and Front-end Services
Authors: Iliev Dimitar , Boeva Elina , Yordanova Polina
Published: September 2022

The article presents the main tools and methods applied in the creation of the Telamon database of the ancient Greek inscriptions from Bulgaria encoded in TEI XML. The work so far on the project is reported, the modifications to the existing services are enumerated and some future perspectives are discussed.
Employing Theatrical Games to Establish and Support Onlife Learning Communities on Mathematical Principles of Informatics
Authors: Moumoutzis Nektarios , Apostolos Rigas Nikolaos , Xanthaki Chara , Maragkoudakis Yiannis , Christodoulakis Stavros , Paneva-Marinova Desislava , Pavlova Lilia
Published: September 2022

This paper presents how the PerFECt Framework for establishing and sustaining learning communities can be combined with innovative approaches of teaching mathematics using drama, to develop unplugged activities to introduce the binary system in primary and secondary school students. The resulting
Human Calculator theatrical game enables students, using their bodies, to learn the binary representation of numbers and discover the algorithms of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.