Library projects

Social Responsibility of Science

Digitization of the scientific and research achievements of Professors of the Mining Academy in Krakow from 1919 to 1945.

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Project funded by the state budget, granted by the Minister of Education and Science as part of the Social Responsibility of Science Program – module: Support for Scientific Libraries

Project Name: Digitization of the scientific and research achievements of Professors of the Mining Academy in Krakow from 1919 to 1945
Project Number: SONB/SP/548765/2022
Project Funding: PLN 57,735.70
Total Project Budget: PLN 70,050.70
Project Implementation Period: 01.11.2022 – 31.07.2024

The project's aim is to disseminate scientific information about the historical collection of scripts and textbooks by Professors of the Mining Academy in Krakow from 1919 to 1945 and digitally make them available on computers in the AGH University  Main Library's reading rooms, on the intranet, and through open access via the AGH University Repository, depending on the publication date and copyright conditions.

The collection of scripts and textbooks by Professors of the Mining Academy in Krakow, distinguished in their scientific fields, is a prominent collection of the AGH University Main Library. Often, these are unique objects in terms of publishing, connected with the research and teaching process of the University, as well as the history of technical education in Poland.

The project's outcome will be the online availability of 61 bibliographic descriptions of scripts/textbooks by Professors of Mining Academy in Krakow from 1919-1945, in the NUKAT and AGH catalogues. 38 digitized objects will be presented on computer terminals in the AGH University Main Library's reading rooms, on the intranet, and the AGH Repository. The use of lithography was impossible, so scripts and textbooks were often transcribed on a typewriter (they will be digitized as part of the project). Another method of publishing was duplication, and ultimately, the hectographic technique was applied.

 

Social Responsibility of Science II

Digitization and provision of trade literature in the field of engineering and technology sciences from 1955 to 1989

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Project funded by the state budget, granted by the Minister of Education and Science as part of the Social Responsibility of Science II Program — module: Support for Scientific Libraries.

Project name: "Digitization and access to trade literature in the field of engineering and technical sciences 1955 - 1989
Project number: BIBL/SP/0037/2023/01
Project funding amount: PLN 99,261.83
Total project amount: PLN 110,661.83
Project implementation period: 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2025

The aim of the project is to disseminate scientific and technical information about the collection of manufacturers' catalogues, technical product brochures, and operational and application guides from 1955-1989, from the AGH University Main Library. These materials serve as a source of information about the history of Polish mining technology and achievements in science in the centrally planned economy of the PRL era. The project also aims to provide access to digital versions of the materials on the library's workstations, intranet, and open access through the AGH Repository, depending on copyright conditions.

The project will involve the digitization of manufacturers' catalogues, technical product brochures, and mining-themed guides from 1955-1989, from the Library collection. The selection of objects for digitization was based on their historical and scientific value, poor condition, importance for disseminating science, and uniqueness in terms of publishing.

The majority of selected items consists of technical product brochures and operational and application guides on mining topics from the KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology. The project's result will be the digital provision of digitized objects, totaling 314 items (total number of scans: 12,900), presented on workstations in the Library reading rooms, the intranet, and the AGH Repository.