About managing books and printed sources in Atlantis
With the Library and Printed Sources modules, Atlantis offers a complete solution for managing library collections and newspaper archives. The software supports standardized descriptions according to international guidelines and ensures that these sources are managed in a well-organized and fully searchable manner.
Books and printed sources
Books and printed sources form an indispensable source of knowledge and culture. Articles, letters, periodicals, magazines, and newspapers offer valuable information for researchers, students, and interested parties. With Atlantis library collection software, managing these collections is clearly organized, easily searched, and linked to relevant items within the collection.
Atlantis offers a module specifically tailored to the management of books and printed sources such as newspapers. Within the library collection software, analog and digital publications are described, and library catalogs are managed and made available. Within the printed sources module, publications are described in a hierarchy, ranging from the publisher or issue down to the individual page. This allows you to manage a comprehensive newspaper archive, presenting these collections with their underlying series and pages in the correct context for both staff and the public.
Searchability and browsing functionality
Library catalogs and printed sources can be fully searched through the application of OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Users can quickly find specific words, phrases, or passages within the newspaper archive and immediately view the corresponding page image. The discovered search term is highlighted by the Atlantis image or PDF viewer. It is also possible to quickly skip to the next found search term, or to browse through the pages within the specific issue. Such a page or issue can be viewed in full-screen with the push of a button for an optimal reading experience.
Visible and usable
Digitizing books and printed sources is only the beginning; the true value emerges upon publication. Atlantis makes it possible to present these sources directly in a rich public portal where they are optimally visible to researchers, students, and interested parties. The next step is usability, where the collections are offered via integrations or as Linked Open Data so that they can be easily exchanged with other collections.
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Documents processed with OCR are fully searchable by content within Atlantis. When a search term is found, hit highlighting is applied, and the file automatically opens to the correct page.
Atlantis integrates external AI tools for tasks such as transcribing handwritten documents, metadata enrichment, and image tagging.
In Atlantis, loans are recorded as a linked file containing data on the contract duration, insurance value, transport details, and the current condition of the object.
Configure repository locations completely to your liking and link objects to spaces for instant insight into dimensions, occupancy, and storage capacity.
Within Atlantis, you can record the specific copyright status and usage restrictions of an object, allowing the system to automatically determine whether a scan may be displayed and whether a watermark or login requirement applies.
The Atlantis Linked Open Data portal displays available Linked Data sets and offers various options for utilizing them.
Manage the condition and long-term preservation of collections by accurately recording and planning physical damage assessments, restorations, and periodic inspections.
Visitors can request scans online and pay instantly, after which these requests are automatically batched for efficient processing by the scanning provider.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about registering and managing books and printed sources, provided with a concise answer. Is your question not listed? Please contact us.
Can Atlantis manage my circulation and lending administration?
Through the requests service, it is possible to process loan and exhibition loan requests and manage their entire administration.
Does Atlantis offer a periodicals viewer?
Yes, with the printed sources module and a public environment, Atlantis provides a fully-fledged periodicals viewer.
The newspaper archive has not been digitized yet, can I still use Atlantis?
It makes no difference to Atlantis whether the newspaper archive is available in analog, digital, or partly digital format. The entire newspaper archive can be registered in Atlantis, including repository management. When scans are available, and the material is public, they can be displayed to the public. There is also a scanning-on-demand feature that allows website visitors to request a scan.
Is an integration possible with external thesauri such as the AAT or Wikidata?
Yes, when describing books and sources, you can utilize standardized term lists. Through integrations with external sources such as the Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT) or national authority files for persons, you ensure uniform metadata that complies with the FAIR principles.
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