Propylaeum Specialized Information Service Classical Studies

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Propylaeum is a specialized information service for ancient studies operated by the Heidelberg University Library and the Bavarian State Library in Munich . The information and service portal is closely aligned with the needs of researchers.

background

As part of the DFG program “Specialized Information Services for Science”, the University Library of Heidelberg and the Bavarian State Library in Munich have been expanding their existing offerings into a joint specialist information service for classical studies since January 2016.

The name Propylaeum is supposed to refer to Propylaion or Propylon , a gateway at the entrance to Greek sanctuaries. In relation to the portal, Propylaeum is the gateway to the relevant information on ancient history. The pillars of the gate building, which can also be found in the logo of the portal, symbolize the canon of subjects of ancient studies .

history

Propylaeum emerged from the Virtual Library, the construction of which was funded from June 1, 2006 to 2010 by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The BSB Munich, the UB Heidelberg and the Institute for Classical Philology (Latin Studies) of the Humboldt University in Berlin were also involved . From October 2009 to December 2015, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, the former special collection area of ​​Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Tübingen University Library , was integrated. Other cooperation partners were the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) and the Chair of Ancient History at the Catholic University of Eichstätt .

In the course of restructuring measures by the DFG, the platform was converted to the specialist information service for classical studies.

offer

The specialized information service is intended to meet the needs of the ancient scientific community for fast literature research and direct access to high-quality scientific information. You can research in a large number of reference instruments and databases or carry out research in selected stocks at the same time. In addition to access to specialist information, the portal also offers access to the " E-Publishing / Open Access ", " Digitization / Online Presentation of Research-Relevant Inventory" and " Science Communication " services.

Propylaeum is designed as a specialist information service for ancient studies and currently offers information for the following subjects:

In close coordination with the specialist science, the following focuses are pursued:

  1. Provision of information resources
  2. Expansion of the specialist information infrastructure of Propylaeum / PopylaeumSEARCH
  3. Electronic publishing in Open Access - Propylaeum-E-Publishing
  4. Sustainability for excellent specialist information
  5. Linked Open Data - "Digital Classics"
  6. Science communication / public relations / marketing

The PropylaeumSEARCH metasearch offers a joint, comprehensive search in library catalogs, bibliographical databases and internet resources.

In addition, Proyplaeum offers the possibility of integrating topic portals through which researchers can actively contribute their scientific results. Examples from the area of ​​classical archeology are the topic portal “Reception of Antiquity in the Semantic Network” and “ Roland Hampe ”.

Honor

In June 2019, Maria Effinger and Katrin Bemmann were awarded the German Archeology Prize by the German Society for Prehistory and Early History (DGUF) “for their services to the introduction and expansion of a modern, open publication system in German-speaking archeology” .

literature

  • Effinger, Maria; Büttner, Alexandra: * Open Access - Open Archeology: Science and library as a dream team? In: Archäologische Informations 38, 2015, pp. 73–82
  • Effinger, Maria: Open Access - Open Antiquity: Electronic publishing at the Heidelberg University Library in the context of the Virtual Library of Ancient Studies Propylaeum, in: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologenverband (DArV) 44, 2013, Issue 4, pp. 52–56
  • Bacher, Rahel; Götz, Franz Jürgen: Metasearch made easy: The use of OCLC TouchPoint in the virtual specialist libraries of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, in: Bibliotheksforum Bayern 7 (2012), pp. 36–39
  • Further publications on the Propylaeum specialist information service are listed under the menu item “ Press ”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Propylaeum: Search. In: www.propylaeum.de. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
  2. ^ Propylaeum: Topics. In: www.propylaeum.de. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
  3. ^ Reception of antiquity in the semantic network
  4. ↑ Roland Hampe and the pottery trade - ethno-archaeological observations