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IMC 2003: Sessions

Session 1106: The World of Medieval Manuscripts Online, II

Wednesday 16 July 2003, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
Organiser:Theresa M. Vann, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's University, Minnesota
Moderator/Chair:Simon Forde, Independent Scholar, Saltaire
Paper 1106-aBibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux de France
(Language: English)
Dominique Poirel, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT), Paris
Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 1106-bElectronic Access to Medieval Manuscripts: The Hill Library's Catalogue
(Language: English)
Theresa M. Vann, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's University, Minnesota
Abstract

Within the past five years, libraries and publishers have made great strides in providing scholars with better access to medieval manuscripts and charters through imaginative use of electronic resources. Cataloguers and archivists have created new descriptive standards to put manuscript images and texts online. These sessions will introduce scholars to the electronic resources that are available to them. They wil also provide an opportunity for users to meet with the people creating the electronic resources to suggest improvements. The hope is that researchers will become more aware of the online and digitized resources designed specifically for them, and become part of a dialogue to continue making manuscripts more accessible.