Past and current digital archive/library projects
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Digital library of the Theater Library (SPb) (2021-) Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov
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Letopisi Digital Archive (1917 - 2017) library membership project (2017-) Project aims to restore 100 year set of 10 Letopisi series electronically with full text search (project description) Role: Project coordinator. Production manager: Viktor Petrov, Inforost/dLibrary non profit group |
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"Digital Library of Historical Documents" (2017-) Project of the Russian Historical Society to aggregate most important historical documents in one large searchable database. Collection currently (2017) includes over 20,000 documents with plans to grow to 100,000 documents. 190,000 documents published for open access by the end of 2020. Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov |
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"Open digital library of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology" (2016-2021) Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov URL: http://gpntb.dlibrary.org/ |
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"Archives of the Deaf-blind Support Foundation" (2015) The project digitized and published online for public access several archives of prominent educators of deaf-blind children I.A. Sokoliansky and A.I. Mesheryakov, as well as materials of the so-called "Zagorsk experiment." Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov URL: http://elib.so-edinenie.org/
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"German documents of the Second World War" online collection (2015) The project is executed by the German Historical Institute in cooperation with the Russian Historical Society, the Federal archival agency (RosArkhiv) and the Central archive of the Ministry of Defense. Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov |
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"German documents of the First World War" online collection (2014) The project is executed by the German Historical Institute in cooperation with the Russian Historical Society, the Federal archival agency (RosArkhiv) and the Central archive of the Ministry of Defense. Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov |
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Digital Library, the State Historic Public Library of Russia (2013-2021) Collaborative project of the State Historic Public Library of Russia (GPIB) and non profit group InfoRost/dLibrary Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov URL: http://elib.shpl.ru/ |
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"Documents of German secret services 1912-1945" online collection (2013) The project is executed by the German Historical Institute in cooperation with the Russian Historical Society, the Federal archival agency (RosArkhiv) and the Central archive of the Ministry of Defense. Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov URL:http://rgaspi-458-9.germandocsinrussia.org/
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"Records of the International Brigades" online collection (2010) Collaborative project of the Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History (RGASPI) and non profit group InfoRost/dLibrary Role: Project manager. Co-Project Manager: Viktor Petrov |
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Archives: Memory, Culture, and the Production of History in the Americas (2009) National Endowment for Humanities start-up grant in the digital humanities to advance collaboration among archival, library, and scholarly communities in Latin America and the United States. The proposal focuses on the Andean nation of Bolivia, the poorest country in mainland South America, representing an underserved area of shared technology for the digital humanities. The project team will plan and implement innovative digital initiatives through collaborative agreements; document best practices through the reciprocal management of digital archives in different national settings; and prototype new digital tools for preserving and making accessible digital resources in ways that allow their reuse in other projects. The challenges this project addresses concern language barriers and national sensitivities about the ownership and authorized use of primary sources that constitute both a national patrimony and a universal cultural resource. Role: Consultant, University of North Carolina |
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Extending the Reach of Southern Sources: Proceeding to Large-Scale Digitization of Manuscript Collections (2006-2009) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded project to create a strategy for developing and sustaining the large-scale digitization of manuscript collections. The project includes a detailed assessment of scholarly needs in the digital publication of archival materials relating to Southern studies, an analysis of current trends in the technology and use of such materials, and the creation and testing of a decision matrix for use in setting priorities for large-scale digitization programs. Role: Co-Principal Investigator with Tim West, University of North Carolina URL: http://www2.lib.unc.edu/dc/watson/archivalmassdigitization/download/extending_the_reach.pdf |
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Southern Material Culture Portal (2009) A collaborative project between Old Salem Museums and Gardens and the University of North Carolina Library for the investigation and use of innovative digital technologies to expose rich research collections on material culture and decorative arts of the American South to global audiences over the Internet. Role: Consultant, University of North Carolina |
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Russia beyond Russia Digital Library: Core Module Project (2005-2007) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill library project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Core Module database serves as the foundation for the multi-modular digital publishing initiative for documenting the Russian Diaspora, the Russia Beyond Russia (RBR) Digital Library. André Savine's research, recorded by him on thousands of index cards and notebook pages, serves as the basis for the Core Module. The Core Module database application provides users with Russian language functionalities (search and retrieval), and employs current metadata standards for consistent resource description, discovery, navigation, and maintenance. The database provides public access to over 20,000 bibliographic records compiled by André Savine on the post-1917 Russian Diaspora. Role: Co-Project Manager with Rita Van Duinen, University of North Carolina |
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Access to Russian Archives database (2004-2006) The Federal Archival Agency of Russia (RosArkhiv) and the University of Kansas project supported by the Title VI Program of the U.S. Department of Education forTechnological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access (TICFIA). The database provides public access to a collection of regional and national guides to the Russian archives. Includes description of 100.000 archival collections. Role: Project Manager, East View Information Services |
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Universal Database of Russian and CIS Statistics (updated weekly since 2003) The database provides browsing and searching within reports, 200,000 tables and graphs. Covers 120 statistical periodical titles and reports in Russian and English. The State Committee on Statistics of the Russian Federation has designated this database as its official portal. Role: Program Manager, East View Information Services URL: https://www.eastview.com/Files/East%20View%20UDB-STAT.pdf Additional information: |
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Russian National Bibliography database (updated monthly since 2003) The database provides access to 2 mln bibliographic records in all disciplines from 21,000 publishers. Library-oriented interface allows full text searching and browsing by subject classification, author and geographic indexes, source, type of publication and time period. Role: Program Manager, East View Information Services URL: http://online.eastview.com See also: Rediscovering Russian National Bibliography (Kirill Fesenko, 2005) |
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Universal Database. Newspaper and journal titles (updated daily since 1993) East View’s line of licensed aggregate databases. The database currently provides access to 9.5 mln articles from 600 newspaper and journal titles in English, Russian and Ukrainian. Over 5,000 articles are added to the collection daily. Designed for library use: COUNTER usage reports compliant; stable URLs on the article and title levels for SFX linking; IP authorization; fair use e-mailing, downloading and printing of articles. The database is subscribed by universities, research centers and government agencies in Russia/CIS, U.S., Western Europe and Asia. Role: Program Manager, East View Information Services URL: http://online.eastview.com Additional information: |
