Third-Party Funds Projects at Heidelberg University Library
Ongoing Projects
Digitization Projects
Time Frame: starting in late 2010
German Sales 1930-1945. Art Works, Art Markets, and Cultural Policy
(Funded by: DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
National Endowment for the Humanities
VolkswagenStiftung
Time Frame: since 1st March 2010
Bibliotheca Laureshamensis – digitized: Virtualization of the Monastic Library of Lorsch
(Funded by: Federal State of Hessen)
Reception of Antiquity in a Semantic Network: Digital Books, Images and Objects
Time Frame: since 1st September 2009
(Funded by: DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Digitization and Indexing of Illustrated Art- and Satirical Journals of the 19th and Early 20th Century
Time Frame: since 1st April 2009
(Funded by:
DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
The Library of the Prince of Arolsen as a Space of Culture and Knowledge from the Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Centuries and Its Influence on the Genesis, Formation, and Identity of the Principality
Time Frame: since 1st April 2009
(Funded by:
DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Cataloguing Charters and Manuscripts

Cataloguing of the Codices Salemitani
Time Frame: since 01.11.2007
Cataloguing of around 300 manuscripts from the monastic libraries Salem and Petershausen
(Funded by: Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg)
Cataloguing of Palatine and Upper Swabian Charters
Time Frame: from 01.11.2011
(Funded by: Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg)
Completed Projects

Ernst Wahle Bequest (1889-1981)
Preservation, cataloguing and access to the bequest of the archaeologist Ernst Wahle (1889-1981) held in Heidelberg University Library
Time Frame: 01.04.2010-31.03.2012
(Funded by: Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg)
Propylaeum – Virtual Library Classical Studies
Time Frame: 01.06.2006 - 31.05.2010
Set up of a Virtual Library for Egyptology and Classical Archaeology
(Funded by: DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Digitization of 848 German Palatina-Manuscripts in Heidelberg University Library
Time Frame: 01.05.2006 - 30.04.2009
(Funded by:
Manfred-Lautenschläger-Stiftung gGmbH)
arthistoricum.net – Virtual Library for Art History
Time Frame: 01.02.2005 - 31.08.2010
Set up of a Virtual Library for Art History (Special Subject Collection)
(Funded by: DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Savifa – Virtual Library South Asia
Time Frame: January 2005 - March 2010
Set up of a Virtual Library for South Asian Studies (Special Subject Collection)
(Funded by:
DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
HeidICON – The Heidelberg Image Database
Time Frame: 2005-2009
Set up of a central image database for Heidelberg University
Funded by:
Gesellschaft der Freunde – Stiftung Universität Heidelberg
BibTutor
Time Frame: 01.11.2004 - 30.04.2007
(Funded by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research )
Set Up of a Digitization Department
Time Frame: 2003-2009
(Funded by: Manfred-Lautenschläger-Stiftung gGmbH)
Late Medieval Illustrated Manuscripts from the Bibliotheca Palatina
Time Frame: 01.01.2001 - 31.12.2002
(Funded by:
DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Re-Cataloguing of the Codices Palatini Germanici
Time Frame: 01.01.2001
Cataloguing of 848 German Palatina manuscripts
(Funded by:
DFG (German Research Foundation) -
)
Partners and Sponsors
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
- Gesellschaft der Freunde – Stiftung Universität Heidelberg
(contribution to larger acquisitions, e.g. equipment for Digitization Department) - Manfred-Lautenschläger-Stiftung gGmbH
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- PosPrint24
(receipt rolls and cash register rolls) - Stiftung Kulturgut Baden-Württemberg
- VolkswagenStiftung
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