JPICH - JHEP TRANSNATIONAL PILOT CALL
Partner Search Form
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I am a Coordinator of a project looking for Partners
Project Information
Deadline for responses 20nd March 2013
Topic:
Methods, tools (including non-invasive instruments) and modelling for understanding
damage and decay mechanisms (including the effects of weathering and climate
change) on tangible heritage (including buildings, sites and landscapes).
Materials, technologies and procedures for the conservation of tangible cultural
heritage.
Use and re-use of buildings and landscapes, including the relationship between
changes of use and public policy, including costs and added value (for example as a
result of planning regulations and urban development).
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Increasing understanding of cultural values, valuation, interpretation,
ethics and identity around all forms of cultural heritage (tangible,
intangible and digital heritage).
Type of project:
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Collaborative research
Networking
Other partners in the consortium already identified (with their countries)
Already experience as a coordinator
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yes
no
or partner
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yes
no
If yes, in which projects?
Memoria Scripta Sloveniae (Norway Grants funding), Handbuch deutscher historischer
Buchbestände in Europa (Band 9)
Project Description (brief description of project idea)
Institutions, whose predominant goal is to collect, preserve, conserve, digitise and
popularise written cultural heritage have been continuously trying to define the concept of
cultural heritage.
If cultural heritage is considered to be an intellectual and creative legacy of any kind, and
institutions, which collect and preserve written heritage (i. e. libraries) for our posterity are
supposed to be objective guardians with the highest ethics and professional standards,
usually substantiated with strict legislative regulations, an interesting question arises:
Why does a certain type of human intellectual output qualify to be valued and preserved
while the other does not, and how does that reflect on the library collections? During the
past centuries there have been many obvious attempts to select and prioritize library
materials with certain attributes, while the others have been seriously neglected. These
attributes may derive from prevailing values of a certain historical period, based on the
ethical or ideological standpoint of majority or may be professionally defined.
In this project we intend to research the history of collection management in European
libraries with the special interest on historical turning points. We will analyse general
attitudes in collecting and preservation practices of guardian institutions towards disputed
materials.
The study will address specific objectives of the call, in particular good practices in cultural
heritage preservation. It will also (re)examine the historical and subjective dimensions of
the written cultural heritage concept.
Key words :
written cultural heritage, preservation, heritage institutions, professional ethics, good
practices
Target Partner Sought
Target Partner Organisation type :
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higher education / university
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research institution
public partner
NGOs / voluntary organisations
education
Target Partner Country :
any country
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any country participating in
the Pilot Call
specific country
industry/SME
consultancies
private partner
other (specify)
member state
third country
Expertise required (key words) : (written) cultural heritage, history, library collection management,
preservation practices
Role of partner
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Research
Dissemination
Networking
Other
Contact Details
Contact person
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Ms
Mr
National and University Library
Turjaška 1
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Organisation
Address
Postcode/City
Country
Tel.
+386 1 58 61 316
Eva.kodric-dacic@nuk.uni-lj.si
Email
Web address
Short Profile of Organisation
Fax
+386 1 58 61 311
The National and University Library (NUK) collects, documents, preserves and archives the
written cultural and scientific heritage of the Slovenian nation. It provides ready access to
knowledge and culture of the past and present Slovenian generations, making it available to
the citizens of Slovenia and other countries.
In collaboration with national and international libraries, it enables access to the world’s
written cultural and scientific heritage. In the process of creating new knowledge, it helps
its users to search, select, evaluate and use information resources in different formats,
forms and languages.
Its collections and services support scholarly and scientific work of the Ljubljana University
and other higher education institutions. The Library is a centre of knowledge aimed at
lifelong education of the Slovenian people, and at raising their cultural and educational level
and information literacy skills.
Through research, development and educational activities in the field of librarianship, the
Library is actively co-shaping Slovenian library system, and makes significant contributions
to theoretical and practical knowledge of library and information science.
Date: 28th February 2013
Please fill in the form and return it to the national contact point.