Konstantin V. Antipov ¹, Aleksey I. Vinokur ¹, Sergey P. Simakov ², Yury V. Isakov ³, Anastasia Yu. Kazakova ³

Affiliations
1 Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Moscow, RU
2 Tyumen State University, Tyumen, RU
3 Ru-Scan Ltd, Yekaterinburg, RU

Abstract

The article specifies the problem of replenishing the cultural heritage through the creation of a special class of digital collection of archival documents - Russian parish registers. The original documents are the monuments of book culture. Their peculiarity is that individual acts of church records are sewn in the books with a thick spine. The dilapidated state of the media requires careful handling; unbinding documents for scanning is highly undesirable. Market researches showed that there is no scanning equipment for books with big thick spine without unbinding. The article has described the experience of the development of dual-chamber projection scanner with a special cradle providing the high-quality, fast-scan of parish registers with an opening angle of the document of 90-180°, thickness up to 1,000 mm and weight up to 30 kg. The absence of geometric distortion of the scanned page is ensured due to design features. The system provides each page as a separate file. The data format allows computer processing of images with the ability to recognize text. The practical application of the system was carried out as exemplified by parish registers of Yekaterinburg diocese of the 18-20th centuries. In all, 830 books were scanned, totaling to 136,786 pages. Digitalization quality was assessed by sampling parameters: the text legibility, the absence of geometric distortion, the color quality, the uniformity of quality scanning of documents within a book, etc., it was checked by experts and historians of Yekaterinburg Patriarchate and was found as high. The scan results are presented in the form of an information system with the ability to view digitized documents, to search within catalog and to search by date case, key concepts, names of the fund and descriptions. The value of the work lies in the introduction of inaccessible documents to the cultural space and opening the possibility of a new class digitization of archival materials. The system development is aimed at broadening the base of digitizable objects of material culture and the development of software to improve the quality of digital images, the empowerment of image recognition and search capabilities.

Keywords

Archival Documents, Book Cradle, Book Scanner, Cultural Heritage, Descriptor-based Text Search, Monuments of Book Culture, Objects of Material Culture, Parish Registers, Scanning, Text Recognition

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Konstantin V. Antipov ¹, Aleksey I. Vinokur ², Alexander Fedorovich Ivanko ¹, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Ivanko ¹

Affiliations
1 Moscow State University of Printing Arts, Moscow, RU
2 National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Moscow, RU

Abstract

Objectives: The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in the course of training at Moscow State University of Printing Arts of Ivan Fedorov in the field of information technology, until recently, traditional PCs with classical operating systems (Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.) have been used. Method: The main methods to investigate and solve this problem are modern information technologies, the introduction of which in publishing industry and journalism calls for implementation of comprehensive training in the learning process, including in the area of system software – the open mobile operating systems. Findings: This article is aimed at the revealing of the latest advances in the field of information technologies which allowed bringing a variety of multimedia devices (tablets, smart phones, etc.) to the market of technological tools, which have gained wide popularity among young people around the world. Mobile multimedia devices are supplied by manufacturers with pre-installed operating systems, which enable users to solve a variety of problems. One of these operating systems for mobile devices is Ubuntu, which in our view is convenient system software for educational institutions worldwide. Ubuntu operating system belongs to the class of Linux-like systems that do not require the acquisition of a license for use in the educational process. Improvements: The article reveals the peculiarities of this operating system and gives an example of applying such system software for mobile multimedia devices that appear in the publishing systems and applications.

Keywords

Free Soft, Interactive Interface, Mobile Multimedia Devices, Multimedia Equipment, Multimedia Technologies, Open Operating Systems, System Software.

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