Scanning the past: A modern approach to ancient culture

The University of Michigan owns one of the largest collections of ancient papyri. In 1991 a project was initiated to explore image capture of papyri in the Michigan collection with the use of electronic media (scanners), and to create a detailed online catalog with information relevant for all those...

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Published in:Library hi tech 1996-01, Vol.14 (1), p.11-22
Main Author: Gagos, Traianos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Information
Ancient History
Applications (e.g. Digitizing,...)
Computer Graphics
Consortia
Digital Imagery
Digitizing
Duke University NC
Electronic Libraries
Exact sciences and technology
Historiography
Image databases
Information and communication sciences
Information and communication technologies
Information science. Documentation
Information technologies: storage media, equipment
Library Collections
Library Policy
Michigan Papyri Digitization Project
Michigan University
Online Systems
Papyri
Preservation
Primary Sources
Research Projects
Sciences and techniques of general use
University libraries
University of Michigan
Web pages
World Wide Web
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Summary:The University of Michigan owns one of the largest collections of ancient papyri. In 1991 a project was initiated to explore image capture of papyri in the Michigan collection with the use of electronic media (scanners), and to create a detailed online catalog with information relevant for all those involved in the study and research of the ancient Mediterranean world. In the summer of 1994, the Michigan papyrus collection underwent an extensive period of testing alternative media for image capture, as well as better, faster, and more efficient hardware and software. The collection created its own home page on the World Wide Web and made available sample images as a means of soliciting comments from the experts in the field of papyrology. The papyrus collection at Duke University has also launched a project similar to that envisioned by Michigan in 1991; and that project is now approaching completion. Further developments in the past two years have brought together the five largest papyrus collections in the United States to form a consortium known as the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS), which operates under the guidance of the American Society of Papyrologists (ASP).
ISSN:0737-8831
2054-166X
DOI:10.1108/eb047974