{"id":1557,"date":"2016-08-20T10:29:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2016-09-13T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T13:52:21","slug":"digital-vatican-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/digital-vatican-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Vatican Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2010, this massive digitization project of the Vatican Library aims to scan the entire library&#8217;s collection of manuscripts (80,000 codices), as well as other materials such as incunabula. The Vatican Library&#8217;s collection include a number of manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2016, 5267 manuscripts and 658 incunabula were accessible on <a href=\"http:\/\/digi.vatlib.it\/\"><strong>DigiVatLib<\/strong>:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"section\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digi.vatlib.it\/mss\/Vat.turc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1558\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib.jpg\" alt=\"Digitized Manuscripts (Vat.turc.) DigiVatLib\" width=\"1077\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib.jpg 1077w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib-768x329.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2016\/08\/Digitized-Manuscripts-Vat.turc_.-DigiVatLib-500x214.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1077px) 100vw, 1077px\" \/><\/a>As explained on the &#8220;About&#8221; page, &#8220;DigiVatLib is based on the <span class=\"italic\">International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)<\/span> technology, making digital materials easily accessible and usable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"section\">The DigiVatLib book reader not only allows users to zoom, browse and \u2018turn pages\u2019, but also to compare digital objects from different <span class=\"italic\">IIIF<\/span> repositories of other digital libraries. It is possible to s<span class=\"underline\">earch, and discovery the digital collections<\/span> using the <span class=\"underline\">simple and advanced search features. Th<\/span>e guided navigation (\u2018faceted search\u2019) relies on metadata elements to refine queries. The next release of<span class=\"underline\"> DigiVatLib will include enhanced search functions,\u00a0 digital galleries, and a news section.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"section\">The interface is available in English, Italian and Japanese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Started in 2010, this massive digitization project of the Vatican Library aims to scan the entire library&#8217;s collection of manuscripts (80,000 codices), as well as other materials such as incunabula. 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