Ostrovsky's plays were translated into figures

2023: Digitization of manuscript and censorship copies of Ostrovsky's plays

ELAR on July 12, 2023 announced that it had digitized handwritten and censored copies of plays by playwright Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky from the Russian Drama collection of the St. Petersburg State Theater Library.

The creation of electronic copies of the playwright's plays took place as part of the next stage of digitization of the library's book funds. Manuscript and censorship copies of the playwright's plays and his plays published in the 20s and 30s of the twentieth century are translated into figures. The first plays are of particular value - book monuments, the library notes. The array of documents - 23,000 storage units, are of great importance for domestic culture and are carefully preserved for future generations of theater researchers. "The project is designed for several years, to date, more than 900 book monuments have been digitized," said Anastasia Grigorievna Gai, director of the library. - In the current 2023, about 200 more copies will be digitized. As of July 2023, the work is in an active phase. Electronic copies of book monuments are already available to our readers. All digitized documents are posted on the official website of the Theater Library in an electronic catalog.

Bibliographic descriptions of documents are submitted to the Register of Book Monuments of the Russian Federation. The full texts of the plays are transferred to the National Electronic Library (NEB). "

Digital copies of plays by A. N. Ostrovsky are actively used in exhibition work, as well as in the events of the recently held festival "Our Ostrovsky."

Digitization of valuable originals is carried out on professional domestic equipment - planetary scanners. ELAR scanners allow you to create electronic copies in reference quality, while ensuring the safety of documents due to a safe contactless scanning method and the absence of harmful radiation to paper.

The theater library has been successfully cooperating with ELAR Corporation since 2003. These are works on the conversion of catalogs and file cabinets into the format of machine-readable records, the digitization of rare and valuable periodicals on art, original sketches of costumes and scenery of theater artists, as well as archival documents. The library management notes the professionalism of ELAR specialists and extensive practical experience in digitizing various types of documents, which makes it possible to solve complex problems of digitization.

2022

Digitization of periodicals about theatrical life of the 20-30s of the twentieth century

ELAR Corporation on November 10, 2022 announced that it had digitized theatrical periodicals for the St. Petersburg State Theater Library, as well as sketches of famous theater artists.

St. Petersburg state The theater library has been working for many years to digitize rare and valuable documents from the library fund. As of November 2022, the library fund has over 600 thousand storage units. It includes more than 62 thousand manuscripts, more than 25 thousand original sketches of costumes and scenery, a collection of dramatic works in the languages ​ ​ of peoples Russia and foreign, countries archival documents, and rare theatrical periodicals. Chronological coverage of the fund - XVI − XXI centuries. A large place in the process of digitization is occupied by periodicals of theatrical topics, original sketches of theater artists, reference publications. Cooperation with ELAR Corporation has been ongoing since 2004 - these are work on the conversion of catalogs and file cabinets into the format of machine-readable records, the digitization of rare and valuable publications, book monuments, as well as archival materials. Digitization is carried out on professional scanning equipment - domestic ones that ELAR planetary scanners allow you to carefully and contactlessly create electronic copies of documents of various formats without violating the physical state of the originals.

The main array of digitized documents in 2022 is periodicals published not only in Petrograd and Moscow in the 20-30 years of the twentieth century, but also regional newspapers and magazines, - said the director of the library Anastasia Grigorievna Gai. - Among them periodicals published in Tula, Petrozavodsk, Vitebsk, Simferopol, Vologda and many other cities. These publications are invaluable for studying the history of theatrical life of the country during the civil war and during the formation of the Soviet system.

Also, ELAR specialists digitized a number of reference documents, for example, Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo: in 9 volumes (Roma, 1954-1962) and original sketches of costumes and scenery of St. Petersburg theater artists.

Digitization of more than 500 documents from the collection "Russian Drama"

ELAR Corporation on March 29, 2022 announced the next stage of digitization of a collection of rare copies of plays intended for productions of imperial theaters and stored in the St. Petersburg State Theater Library.

Processed publications - book monuments - books published in 1700-1830, documents from the collection "Russian Drama." The first plays of the Russian theater are of particular value, the library notes. An array of documents - 23,000 storage units, they are of great importance for domestic culture and are carefully preserved for future generations of theater researchers.

{{quote 'The project is designed for several years, at the end of March 2022 more than 500 documents were digitized, - said the director of the library Anastasia Grigorievna Gai. - In 2022, another 200 copies of printed publications - book monuments - will be digitized. The work is in the active phase. Electronic copies of book monuments are already available to our readers. They can be viewed in the scientific reading room. Remotely, with previously digitized documents, can be found in the electronic catalog on the library website. " Several digitized plays are housed in an electronic library. Bibliographic descriptions of documents are posted in the Register of Book Monuments of the Russian Federation. A small number of copies of the plays are placed in the National Electronic Library (NEB). " }}

Digitization of valuable originals is carried out on professional domestic equipment - planetary scanners. ELAR scanners allow you to create electronic copies in reference quality, while ensuring the safety of documents due to a safe contactless scanning method and the absence of harmful radiation to paper.

The theater library has been cooperating with ELAR Corporation since 2003. These are works on the conversion of catalogs and file cabinets into the format of machine-readable records, the digitization of rare and valuable periodicals on art, original sketches of costumes and scenery of theater artists, as well as archival materials.

2020: Digitization of two hundred copies of handwritten and printed monuments

Within the framework of the National Project "Culture," the ELAR Corporation created electronic copies of about two hundred copies of handwritten and printed monuments from the collection "Russian Drama." Elar announced this on September 2, 2020.

The Theater Library fund in September 2020 has over 600 thousand storage units: more than 62 thousand manuscripts, more than 20 thousand sketches of costumes and scenery of theater artists of the 16th − 21st centuries, a collection of dramatic works in the languages ​ ​ of the peoples of Russia and foreign countries of the 16th − 21st centuries, archival documents.

Digitized documents are rare copies of plays of the 18th-19th centuries, from the repertoire of the Russian troupe, - says the director of the library Anastasia Grigorievna Gai. - Materials are replete with various working litters: an indication of the timing of the performance, performers of roles and other details that are important in studying the history of the Russian theater.

Digitized book monuments are available to readers both within the walls of the library and on the shelves of the Electronic Library on the site. Bibliographic descriptions of the most valuable documents are published in the Register of Book Monuments of the Russian Federation.

The theater library has been cooperating with ELAR since 2004, - notes Anastasia Grigorievna Gai. - This is the work on the conversion of catalogs and file cabinets into the format of machine-readable records, the digitization of rare and valuable periodicals on art, original sketches from library collections, as well as archival materials. For us, as customers, the professionalism and extensive practical experience of the Corporation in the digitization of various types of materials is crucial, which allows us to solve complex problems and, as a result, provide a wide range of users with access to high-quality electronic copies of historically significant materials.