3. Study the status and detail of the available specialized collections of the participants in the project
RPL "P. R. Slaveikov "as the basic digital center and the coordinating unit for the project draws up a structural scheme for the selection of the entire documentary archive, including the documentary heritage of specialized collections of the regional and community center libraries, movable and immovable cultural values of the LTS, museums and galleries.
Extensive study of the state of the specialized funds of archives, libraries, galleries and museums and other institutions on the territory of Central Northern Bulgaria and the regional center of Brasov and extraction of the information for inclusion in the general digital array.
Processing of the selected document digitization document (dating, originality expertise, historiographical and bibliographic description).
Experts in this main activity are Prof. Ivanka Yankova and Dr. Ivan Aleksandrov, who will consult the participants in introducing information about special collections and metadata building.
The Culture and Tourism Directorate will examine the local scientific and documentary archive collection on the Real Estate Cultural Heritage (MCDAS) on the territory of the Municipality of Veliko Tarnovo by offering digitization facilities: dossiers - technical documentation, maps, plans on paper, legislative documents and lists, scientific studies, surveys and old photo-documentation on immovable cultural heritage and documentation on military and monumental monuments.Archival documents and information on about 500 pieces of real cultural heritage will be digitized and contemporary photography of 30 sites of national and local importance will be prepared. For a period of 5 years, a total of about 2000 NCP sites can be digitized and 120 sites.
The Library "Georges Baritti" - Brasov conducts research activities for filling in the information related to the creation of the territory of Brasov County of the periodicals of the 19th and 20th centuries, historically related to Bulgaria, printed in the territory of the region in Cyrillic or Latin . The new collection will be digitized on site at Georges Baritti - Brasov County Library and meta data will be prepared to be fed into the project base.
Center Amalipe will engage with young people with whom they work - Roma and non-Roma, the majority of whom are members of the youth volunteer club "Youth is tolerance". The survey will include about 20 young people. The Center Amalipe will focus on the search for evidence, facts and other sources for the development and contribution of Roma culture and national culture - not only Bulgarian but also European. A special section will be created, in which will be explicitly presented Roma art authors and authors, who in their works examine the Roma topic. This will be particularly important for highlighting Roma culture. Not only are the Roma authors contributing to the formation of literary wealth, but unfortunately they are little known to the general public and it continues to reproduce stereotypes about the Roma as a non-cultural community.
The focus of the study will be on the territorial department, where digitization of the evidence for the development of individual settlements will make the volunteers have the special task of exploring the place of the Roma and other minority communities in these settlements - settlement, traditions, life and culture. The Roman studies are an inexhaustible source for the everyday life, traditions and stories of a given place, and to the greatest extent could show that the Roma are part of Bulgarian history and culture and have participated in its formation over the centuries along with all other ethnicities living on the territory of Bulgaria.
At the same time, in parallel with the main product that this activity will produce, it will form the knowledge and skills of the young people who will help them in their future realization. A large number of them are students and the formation of skills for working with documents, working with archival units, digitization can be key to their realization as future specialists.
For the realization of the activity, the youth and RPL employees will receive special training, which will include 3 main directions:
- Basic knowledge of Roma history and culture
- Main types of documents and works in which can be found information on the contribution of Roma history and culture to the nationwide
- Digitization and archiving skills
The training will be interactive. The goal of the inclusion of two target groups in it is to enrich both groups with new knowledge as well as to promote a better partnership between them in pursuit of the task.
Examined and detailed available specialized collections of participants in the project. Preparation of a brochure presenting the Roma collection. 45 young people of Roma, Bulgarian and Turkish origin will develop research and archival skills as well as digitization skills.