proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
proposal part b - The Bernstein Project
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CIP-ICT PSP Call 4 52<br />
Pilot B<br />
[Imperialle]<br />
Most of the <strong>part</strong>icipants will need to purchase and install a server, purchase a secure storage and backup system,<br />
as well as software (€ 5,000). A beta-radiography plate, which costs € 4,000, records a paper structure in two<br />
hours. A number of such plates are needed for the larger collections (e.g. ISM).<br />
WRM<br />
A major <strong>part</strong> of the budget of the WRM, € 100,000, is for the purchase and modification of a large-scale highresolution<br />
scanner, which will be purchased from CRUSE GmbH in Rheinbach near Bonn. It is the only device<br />
on the market that functions with no contact (even with no glass plate). It has a resolution of 14,000 pixels per<br />
line and operates in three modes: incident light, streak light (for surface texture) and back light. This scanner is<br />
recommendable for reasons of conservation because it emits light only at the site actually being scanned.<br />
Furthermore, this scanner allows the digitisation of objects that are mounted in passe-<strong>part</strong>outs. This reduces<br />
costs for preparing the objects. Purchase of this scanner will continuation of digitisation after project<br />
completion. Only 300 sheets from the Hittdorff collection have been selected for the project, of a total of 8,000<br />
sheets. <strong>The</strong> poor condition of the objects due to heavy damage during World War II and the difficult, tedious,<br />
and expensive restoration work they thus need does not allow for more scans to be done during this project’s<br />
duration. Nevertheless, a major goal of the museum is to restore the entire collection and digitise it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> WRM is one of the major museums in Germany. Exhibitions in the museum are very popular and often<br />
draw thousands of visitors. A major dissemination activity for Imperialle will be the exhibition “German<br />
Master Drawings” at the museum. This will give a unique chance for Imperialle and Europeana to be presented<br />
to a large audience, both through the exhibition and the catalogue. Costs for catalogue, posters, flyers and<br />
exhibition are estimated at € 65,000. <strong>The</strong> remaining €10,000 is for software (Photoshop, HIDA MIDAS), a slim<br />
light foil, and a server.<br />
SMK<br />
<strong>The</strong> SMK will purchase digital X-ray equipment (e.g. DURR HD-CR 35 NDT) and phosphorous plates for high<br />
resolution radiographic imaging (transparency images) at a cost of approx. € 60,000, and photographic<br />
equipment (e.g. Phase One 645, Mamiya 645 AFD II) including software for the digitisation of images (€<br />
22,000). Other costs will be € 8,500 for the storage of the physical images after demounting and remounting in<br />
solander boxes; and € 6,000 for digital storage facilities including servers for the Digital Asset Management of<br />
new data as well as backup of the same images.<br />
UTBV<br />
<strong>The</strong> major portion (€ 43,000) of the requested budget will be used for an A2 book scanner: (e.g. SMA 21<br />
eDocument), which can operate in daylight conditions and satisfies demanding preservation needs. This will be<br />
the first scanner of this type in the Brasov area. A key advantage of this scanner is that the operator is not<br />
disturbed by illumination elements, which is usually unavoidable when working with other types of scanners<br />
for books and large formats. <strong>The</strong> remaining costs (€17,000) are for a server, communication devices and a<br />
digital archiving system, a high quality digital camera system with software and a beta-radiography plate for the<br />
digitisation of watermarks and paper structures.<br />
HERTZ<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bibliotheca Hertziana will digitise 10,000 smaller sheets of the Vedute d’Italia in-house. <strong>The</strong> vedutas<br />
require a resolution of 600dpi because of their fine details and problems with moirè patterns. For this purpose, a<br />
high-quality, high-resolution scanner (e.g. Zeutschel-Scanner OS 12,000V) has been budgeted (€ 28,000).<br />
Additional costs (€ 15,000) include a so-called Wolfenbütteler Buchspiegel, a device for the digitisation of<br />
sensitive books, a digital camera and a server and storage system.<br />
All investments of scanning hardware are investments for the sustainability and scalability of the project, as<br />
they guarantee that scanning work will continue beyond the project completion. <strong>The</strong> scanning devices will also<br />
be available for use by other Imperialle <strong>part</strong>ners within the framework of the project.<br />
Subcontracting:<br />
No. <strong>part</strong>icipant services costs<br />
1 OEAW printing (catalogue, folder, poster, etc.), translations 20,000<br />
7 WRM restoration of Lepère and Hittdorff works (serious fungus damage) 50,000