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[20.06.2013]

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Location based services App - Bavaria in historical maps

The new app "Bavaria in historical maps" of the Bavarian State Library, offers a new digital experience: With tablet and smartphone, you can go on a fascinating journey through Bavaria's historic maps. "Bavaria in historical maps" available from 29.04.2013 first in Apple's App Store; will be available in summer via Google Play.
[29.04.2013]

bavarikon - Kultur und Wissensschätze Bayerns

On 16.04.2013 bavarikon, the culture and ken portal of the Free State of Bavaria, was formally released in a beta version. It contains arts, culture and knowledge treasures from nearly 20 Bavarian cultural institutions. The Munich DigitiZation Center of BSB is responsible for the technical development and operation of bavarikon. www.bavarikon.de/en
[16.04.2013]

Image Search in digital mass data - An innovative project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute goes online.

A community project of the Munich Digitization Center and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute of Berlin opens up new horizons for science and education: the similarity-based search on big digital databases. The new search on image similarity, which is a worldwide innovation in this form, counts as a model for non-text-based access to the cultural heritage. Similarity-based image-search
[26.03.2013]

Newly developed 3D-BSB-Explorer in the exhibition Magnificent Manuscripts

The 3D-BSB-Explorer is an innovative, gesture-controlled presentation system that has been developed jointly by the Munich DigitiZation Center of the Bavarian State Library and the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute. The device serves the three-dimensional presentation of unique manuscripts and rare printed books. Currently, the 3D-BSB-Explorer is used for the exhibition Magnificent Manuscripts. Treasures of Book Illumination from 780 through 1180
[22.10.2012]

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[20.06.2013]

Turning Historical Documents into Digital Full Texts

The Munich DigitiZation Center (MDZ) of the Bavarian State Library invites you to Munich on Tuesday 11 October and Wednesday 12 October, 2011, for two conferences under the shared title “Turning Historical Documents into Digital Full Texts”. Please note: both conferences are German-speaking only! For more information about the programme and registration, please visit the event website website
[31.08.2011]

Reorganization of the computing centre

Due to reorganization of our computing centre, all services of this website will not be avaible between May 12 2011 and May 17 2011.
[09.05.2011]

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Long-term preservation: Our Team

The long-term preservation process involves different departments of our institution. Our team works at the Munich Digitization Center of the Bavarian State Library and at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center. Please contact us by using one of the following addresses:

for general technical questions concerning archival file formats, data conversion, allocation of metadata, delivery to the library:
langzeitarchivierung(at)bsb-muenchen.de
for questions about the handling of legal deposit of electronic publications (concerns publishers in Germany only):
pflicht(at)bsb-muenchen.de
for questions about our storage systems, storage media, migration strategies and preservation planning:
lrzpost(at)lrz-muenchen.de