42 research outputs found
Biblioteche effimere. Biblioteche circolanti a Venezia (xix - xx secolo)
Il libro si occupa del fenomeno di biblioteche âa consumoâ, nate grazie a private iniziative per affrontare il desiderio di lettura di ceti meno abbienti a Venezia nel XIX-XX secolo.
I luoghi concessi âpro temporeâ per allestire la biblioteca, la qualitĂ dei libri, la mancanza dei finanziamenti e addetti al lavoro, oltre che lâuso frequente e quindi il rapido deterioramento dei libri, e il cambiamento avvenuto nei gusti della lettura, rendevano queste biblioteche obsolete dopo qualche decennio di vita.
I saggi inclusi ritraggono il profilo di queste biblioteche popolari, talvolta sparite senza lasciare traccia, per offrire uno sguardo diverso alla cultura e alla lettura a Venezia nel XIX e XX secolo
La biblioteca del collezionista. Una palestra del âgustoâ artistico?
Il saggio, partendo dal caso veneziano, esplora lâidea che la biblioteca del
collezionista dâarte Ăš stata uno dei luoghi di formazione del gusto artistico,
una sorta di laboratorio del âgustoâ. Ă proprio il percorso dellâacquisizione di
un sapere che aiuta a formare il âgustoâ inteso come i meccanismi intellettivi
e quelli attinenti ai sensi che esistono dietro una scelta. La biblioteca era
il luogo naturale, la âpalestraâ, dove il collezionista dâarte si esercitava e
formulava il suo giudizio. Questa elaborazione si faceva attraverso la
consultazione di un tipo specifico di libri: gli emblemi e i geroglifici, ma
anche gli exempla, generi che fungevano da âbanche datiâ di immagini e testi
per âallenarsiâ nel gusto artistico. Gli inventari e i cataloghi delle biblioteche
veneziane evidenziano due fenomeni: lâinclusione di libri a stampa generici
di emblemi (ma anche dei codici, comunque piĂč rari) in quasi tutte le
biblioteche veneziane e lâesistenza di volumi piĂč specifici e piĂč rari o costosi
in quelle di collezionisti veneziani che talvolta si âconsorzianoâ, dividendo i
compiti nellâacquisto di titoli, per poter studiarli e discuterli insieme
From closed testaments to books: Virtual X-ray Reading as an alternate digitization technology for fragile documents
In recent years, research and technology made considerable progress in increasing the speed and the safety of the entire digtization process of ancient collections. Despite this, imaging ancient, fragile or un-opened documents remains a formidable challenge. We employ an alternate digitization technique for hand-written documents, exploiting x-ray tomography: Virtual X-ray Reading. Thanks to the high penetration of x-rays, we can acquire 3-dimensional (3D) tomographic images of a multi-page document without opening it. The x-ray contrast necessary for the readability is produced by the chemical composition and the consequent strong x-ray absorption of the iron gall inks - largely used for European handwritten documents. We present the development of this technology, from the chemical investigations of the inks to the tomography of an unopened Venetian testament and of an 18th century, 200-page, handwritten book
Le Soprintendenze bibliografiche dello Stato
The intervention sums up the story of the bibliographic Superintendences, ministerial offices funded in 1919 and transferred to the Regions in 1972, and talks about their positioning within the history of the cultural policies from the Italian unification onwards. Sources used have been legislative and regulatory acts, essays on the subject from different periods and written testimonies of sector's operators. The immediate reason for this has been the need to study the development of state and regional policies on this matter when reform interventions deeply modify the balance of the last forty years. The survey has outlined also the persistence of never-solved problems in the planning of public interventions: for example, different functions have been managed by eclectic structures and at the same time the performance of the single functions has been fragmented based on their own institutions
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: Finding the common ground of multi-faceted concepts
Inter- and transdisciplinarity are increasingly relevant concepts and practices within academia. While various definitions exist, a clear distinction between inter- and transdisciplinarity remains difficult. Although there is a wide consensus about the need to define and apply these approaches, there is no agreement over definitions. Building on data collected during the first year of the COST Action TD1408 âInterdisciplinarity in research programming and funding cyclesâ (INTREPID), this paper describes both tensions and common ground about the characteristics and building blocks of interand trans-disciplinarity. Drawing on empirical data from participatory workshops involving INTREPID network members coming from 27 different countries, the paper shows that diverse definitions of inter and trans-disciplinarity coexist within scientific literature and in the mind of researchers and practitioners. The understanding about the involvement of actors outside of academia also differs widely across scientific communities irrespective of disciplinary training or the research subjects. The focus should be on the knowledge that is required to deal with a specific problem, rather than discussing âifâ and âhowâ to integrate actors outside the academia, and collaboration should start with joint problem framing. This diversity is, however, not an absolute obstacle to practice, since the latter is made possible through building blocks such as knowledge domains, problem- and solution- oriented approaches, common goals, as well as target knowledge. In order to move towards more effective inter- and transdisciplinary research, we identify the need for trained interdisciplinarity facilitators and âaccompanying researchâ (derived from the Danish term âfĂžlgeforskningâ). These two roles can be essential to inter- and transdisciplinarity practices including the promotion of reflexivity
La conservazione preventiva del patrimonio librario come possibile alternativa al restauro tradizionale
The present paper focuses on the close relation between library collections and their preservation environment, aiming, in particular, at highlighting the importance of promoting and sustaining the monitoring. The paper proposes some simple and ready-to-use technologies â smart monitoring â to prevent future damages