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Review: Conference proceedings of the International Conference of the Department of Special Funds of the National Library of Serbia - Belgrade, 2-4. October 2017.
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Review: Conference proceedings of the International Conference of the Department of Special Funds of the National Library of Serbia - Belgrade, 2-4. October 2017.
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The review of: Lucas Lixinski, International Heritage Law for Communities: Exclusion and Re-Imagination; Oxford University Press, Oxford 2019, pp. xxii, 320, ISBN 9780198843306
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This paper addresses recent research findings on the stone fragment from the Split City Museum Collection of Stone Monuments (catalogue number MGS 4316). It has been established by the recent thorough analysis that this architectural stone fragment is in fact the imbrex of the gabled porch of Diocletian’s Mausoleum. Furthermore, the details that have recently been revealed on Vicko Andrić’s drawings, who was a renowned conservationist and architect from Split, confirm the accuracy of the analysis findings. It is also evident from the drawing that, during sounding procedure of the mausoleum roof in 1851, Andrić discovered a fragment similar to the one in the Split City Museum, yet slightly different in terms of figurative illustration. His fragment reveals a creature with bovine and human features, a common motif in the iconography of the works in Diocletian’s Palace. Based on the evidence presented above, the author suggests that there might have been more such fragments, assuming that they were exclusively installed on the edge joints of the eaves and the gabled porch of the Mausoleum.
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The review of: Ivo Babić, Trogir. Grad i spomenici (izdavači: Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika u Splitu – Književni krug Split, Split 2016.),
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This paper gives an overview of the current efforts of National Library “Ivan Vazov” in the field of digitization. It focusses on the technical aspects of a digitalization project, involving OCR and provides insight into the library’s joint efforts with its partners to develop relevant tools and methodologies.
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In association with UNESCO, the world’s scientific community commemorated in 2019 the 100th anniversary of the death of Roland Eötvös, a world-famous Hungarian polyhistor. This paper presents various multimedia tools and services applied in the commemorative year to preserve and present his multifold scientific and societal heritage on Web and mobile platforms.
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The article briefly describes the database “Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage under the protection of UNESCO” and its realization through web based application. The web application follows the approach Understanding by Design, a modern pedagogical strategy aiming presentation of additional learning content. The web based application provides additional content in a multimedia environment that encourages the learners to manipulate information and learn through specific experiences upon re-search. The database and its realization – a web application as a knowledge-based tool for e-learning, were designed and developed in IMI (BAS).
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The purpose of the article is to highlight the essence of the current process of certification in independent Ukraine and the assignment of qualification categories to artists-restorers. Methodology. The choice of research strategies in revealing the purpose of the study determined the application of systematic and integrated approaches, as well as historical-chronological and comparative methods. The use of these research methods contributed to obtaining their own results. The scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the formulation and development of a topical topic, which in the scientific dimension has not received comprehensive and objective coverage and is being studied for the first time. The results of understanding the essence of the certification process and assigning qualification categories to artists-restorers can serve as an important component in the study of modern problems of art education and strategy of the policy of preservation and development of cultural heritage. Conclusions. In Ukraine, there are some elements of training and certification of artists-restorers, which are not combined with common approaches and principles. Training of specialists in the restoration of cultural values in higher education institutions is not accompanied by continued training during the practical activities of the restorer. The activities of the Commission for Certification of Artists-Restorers are not based on the achievements in this field in education, science, and technology. The legal basis of the commission's activity is outdated, contradicts the regulations of the central government in the field of culture, does not take into account international experience and needs a radical revision based on the latest approaches, which include practical and educational components of the unified system.
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The purpose of the article is to define the term "patina" in its material and immaterial dimensions, as well as to study the genesis of this concept in a wide range of its interpretations in the context of the values of authenticity and value of works of art. Methodology. The study includes general scientific methods of analysis, comparison, and explanation. The method of discourse analysis contributed to the understanding of the meaning of the term "patina" in different periods of formation of the restoration theory. The method of comparative analysis was used to compare different interpretations of the concept by researchers of one chronological period. The use of context analysis is due to the function of intertemporal communication of works of art and their social dependence. System method - to identify the general principles of building a structure, the natural relationships between its various criteria. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the study of contradictions in the interpretations of the meaning of patina and in the combination of theoretical developments of scientists of the post-Soviet space with modern world restoration science. Conclusions. The study of various models of relationships between the initial state of the work and its temporal changes, analysis of a wide range of patina values, consideration of the restoration interpretation of an art object allow us to recognize patina as one of the criteria of the authenticity of a work of art. Scientific research and study of the concept of "patina" are of great importance for practical restoration, as they form the basis of specific restoration projects, methods, and recommendations.
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As a result of several factors, in recent years, archiving in Kosovo has not been developed at high institutional levels.Managerial neglect to the extent of abuse in the last years before the war, lack of investment for optimal material conditions (technical-technological and spatial) as well as for the profiling of staff, become negative factors that hinder progressive progress in the professional work of archives. Consequently, the current situation is characterized by multidimensional aspects, which challenge the establishment and development of this activity.In terms of content, these challenges are related to low quality and insufficient legislation, registrations, their work and the state of documentation - archive material they manage, the lack of bylaws and especially its (non) implementation, lack of optimal housing conditions. , i.e. storage of archival material, for its protection and storage in their intended spaces, with the lack of equipment for air conditioning, for protection from moisture, rodents, mold, etc., with the lack of qualified and profiled staff.Such a situation is by no means even better today in public archival institutions, starting from the local to the central level (Archives in municipalities and other local institutions, Inter-Municipal Archives and the State Agency of Archives of Kosovo). The reflection of this situation in the "gro-plan", some ideas and reference proposals for facing these challenges and overcoming them are the objective and effort that are intended to be achieved with my brief elaboration within this topic.
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The material I am presenting, consists of a serious scientific and historical handling of the work with documents in the Prefecture of Elbasan. The archival service in our country as the one in Elbasan Prefecture has been running throughout the stages of birth, formation and consolidation of the Albania state. The archival activity in this administrative local government unit has undergone several stages of development and growth. Starting from secretariats, correspondence offices (1912-1944) to archival offices at state institutions (1945-1990), as well as the establishment and functioning of the Local State Archives in the towns of Elbasan, Librazhd and Gramsh as centers of collections, preservation, arrangement and servicing of archive funds (1990-2017). In 2001, the Regional State Archive of the Elbasan Prefecture was established, as a coordination and management center of all archival work of the prefecture. The local state archive has actually accomplished one of the directions of its activity by obtaining and bringing all fund-creators documents (1945-1990)to the center, creating optimal conditions for their storage, scientific arrangement, and at the same time, to serve the archival funds within the framework of the motif “Free Society, Open Archives”. Currently the activity of the Elbasan Local State Archive is facing new challenges in line with the technological achievements in this field.
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A very important methodological issue in the preservation of digitized documents is their preservation in the original, unchanged form. Another important issue is the provision of documents through the server (file), the prevention of which should be almost identical to the repository. In this context, it has been proven that if interference is made from outside or inside, the document will lose its authenticity. In addition to the document, the credibility of the institution is also damaged, an issue that clearly highlights the special role and importance of the digital document security factor. The topic I have researched aims to address the protection of digital documents from various interferences. The researched problem is mainly based on the latest relevant literature, which has been published in scientific and professional journals, web pages of well-known archives, as well as professional websites.Scientific methods have also been taken into account, such as: induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, as well as the method of comparison, these methods which, in addition to the scientific-methodological side, have made it possible for me to reach the supported result as easily as possible. professional-scientific, which in this case I consider a modest achievement related to the issue of protection of digitized documents.
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The word Archive in our mind definitely gives us a lot of thoughts. The first thought would certainly be for a classical archive, an archive filled with original documentation of different times, an archive filled with funds and collections of legal or natural persons, but that all these documents different scholars, researchers need to go to the archive to be able to do different research. Meanwhile, the second opinion regarding this word would be an archive with many documents where researchers have access to what they are looking for from the computer, where it is known that nowadays this form of use in many different archives of the world is very applicable where we are not far from it. The most frequent users of archives who were taught that most of the time they have before them the archives and classical documentation now have in front of them an electronic archive completely different from the classic one but above all with the same role and importance that archives have and that has recently become very widespread. Within the archive which preserves, processes, arranges classical documents on paper, now each archive has its own part that deals with the electronic storage of documents. Electronic documents are notes where the information is such that it is suitable for research, processing and transfer with the help of digital computers and at the same time very convenient for the user. Nowadays, great importance is paid to the development of this archive, which is much more convenient but also more demanding.
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This modest paper addresses the methods and importance of document management in particular the classification of information in official documents. In the Republic of Kosovo, the classification and storage of information, including security verification, is regulated by legal acts, the law on information classification and security verification and other bylaws for information classification. This article will elaborate on the main points related to criteria and levels of classification and declassification of information, defined deadlines of classified information, competencies for classification, degradation and raising of the level of classification, dissemination of Classified Information and their physical security, access to classified information and security verification according to the law, etc.
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To serve in the archive, in addition to commitment, also means maximum responsibility. Especially working in a warehouse or storage of archival documents requires maximum commitment and special dedication. Furthermore, I will call it a challenge in its own right, given the difficulties and problems that constantly accompany us, such as various problems of a technical nature, then the lack of tools and optimal conditions for the preservation of archival material, etc. Despite this reality, the State Archive of Kosovo continues its activity and activity intensively and with complete success. Archival documents are our memory, because they provide opportunities to recognize the various developments of political, legal, cultural, economic, educational processes, etc., from the past. Therefore, institutional care and responsibility should always be at the maximum level. Also, service and care to stakeholders should be at the highest level of responsibility. The Kosovo Archive did extraordinary extra work in taking care of the archive material and the parties, due to the fact that the archival material continues to come to us in a raw state since the last war, and of course this requires double work.
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The terminological language in the archival representation process has not been studied enough in Albanian archival science. Archival representation is one of the basic processes in archival institutions. This process involves two important aspects, systematizing and documenting archival units, based on international and national archival standards.This paper deals with aspects related to the description of archival units and specifically the 128 elements of the indexing language. Indexing language is the artificial language that archivists create during the archive descriptive process creating, as a result, a controlled language. The controlled language that is produced enables access and re-functionalization of archival units. Much of the archival institutions in the country are investing in the creation of integrated systems that allow the use of archival collections in distance. This is a very good opportunity for users to put archive information systems in direct contact with users without the presence of an archivist. This new development in communicating with users brings to our attention, the particular care we need to show towards the language of the information system we plan to establish.The paper analyzes the cases found in some databases created by archival institutions and comes to concrete conclusions related to the need to standardize the index language not only for a normal access by users to archival collections, but also to enable co-operation between archives and exchange of archival information both nationally and regionally.
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Every state or local institution, large or small, functions by leaving traces through official / archival documents and its activity. This trace is determined by the documents it produces, by their secretary-archives. These documents, after being produced, in most cases serve the dynamics of the work of the institution that produces it, while at these secretaries-archives their storage, protection and technical processing is done until they are submitted to the relevant local state archive. Acceptance and submission of archival material to the local state archives is regulated by the Law on Archives in the Republic of Albania, dated 6.11.2003, which is in fact the basic law that regulates the entire activity of the Archival Network of the Republic of Albania. Archival documents created by local institutions upon the expiration of the term of operational service by the fund creator, are submitted to the local archive competent for permanent storage in accordance with the legislation in question. The archival fund is the memory of a state or people, which through what we create, preserve, protect and prove the historical memory, prove who we were, how we lived and acted. So, in a word, through archival documents we preserve and tell the past our historical.
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The Association of Albanian Writers and Artists "Pope Clement XI Albani", in Sweden (SHSHASHS), as an association founded on November 26, 2011 in Förslöv, Sweden, has started to collect, preserve, organize and partly publish ( because you still have unpublished) documents and manuscripts of historical value for the independence of the Republic of Kosovo and the Albanian national cause. The establishment of SHSHASHS has become the most central association, as a Historical Archive, with the fund of archival materials obtained from associations and distinguished activists in Sweden. The entire fund of the archive, collected by the leadership of SHSHASHS for eight years in a row is stored in the office of the Association of Albanian Writers and Artists "Pope Clement XI Albani", in Sweden, and digitized courses for the 9 published treasures have been delivered, in based on the signed cooperation agreement, the State Agency of Archives of Kosovo and the Albanological Institute - Prishtina. In the 10 issues of the book National Treasury of the Albanian Diaspora in Sweden, 3908 documents have been published, which are the best evidence of the efforts of Albanian emigrants in Sweden on the issue of Kosovo and the Albanian issue in general. Those documents consist of: List of aid for Kosovo, signed by certain commissions; Protocoled and stamped receipts; 3% Government Fund Reports; Central Commission Fund reports of 3%; Reports of Regional Commissions in Sweden; Declaration sheet; Minutes; Various decisions by the Founding Assemblies; List from the beginning of the first schools in Sweden; LDK with its sub-branches; Important articles from the Swedish media; Photos from the scene. The National Treasury Book of the Albanian Diaspora in 10 volumes, has over 6300 (six thousand of three hundred) pages. They were created by 124 groups, members of the Association of Albanian Writers and Artists "Pope Clement XI Albani" in Sweden. In this paper, I have focused on 10 volumes of the book National Treasury of the Albanian Diaspora, which contain a special archive, in itself. I have appreciated that the enlightenment of the facts that have been published in this book are of interest to scholars of various fields, who may continue to search for the good of history and enrichment of Albanian archives.
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Review of: Emir O. Filipović - Esad Kurtović, Arhivska građa za historiju srednjovjekovne Bosne (Ispisi iz knjiga kancelarije Državnog arhiva u Dubrovniku 1341-1526), sv. 1-3 (Sarajevo: Institut za historiju Univerziteta u Sarajevu – Historijski arhiv Sarajevo, 2019).
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Powstała w 1944 r. Centralna Żydowska Komisja Historyczna dziś jest kojarzona przede wszystkim z tytanicznym wysiłkiem zebrania wszelkiego rodzaju materiałów dotyczących zagłady Żydów. Bez spisywanych przez pracowników Komisji relacji świadków, uzyskanych pamiętników i dokumentów badanie Zagłady byłoby prawie niemożliwe; są one materiałem źródłowym wykorzystywanym w niemal każdym opracowaniu naukowym poświęconym losom Żydów w okupowanej Polsce.
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