The Digital Archives of the Historical Source Materials Held by the Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council and the Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica
-- Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica

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Contact: Chih-feng Wang

The main purpose of this project is to digitalize and preserve the rare and unique historic heritage of Taiwan. These primary source historic materials, currently held by Taiwan Provincial Consultative Council and Taiwan History Institute, Academia Sinica, include documents, archives, gazettes of Taiwan Provincial Senate, Temporary Provincial Assembly, and Taiwan Provincial Assembly as well as personal manuscripts and documents, local historic documents before 1945, and rare books of colonial period.

The output of this project in 2004 included:
1. Scanned Image: 235,000 images
2. Digitalized Video Film: 1,234 reels
3. Catalog: 31,500 items
4. Metadata Analysis: Finished
(1) archives, gazettes of Taiwan Provincial Senate, Temporary Provincial Assembly, and Taiwan Provincial Assembly;
(2) rare books of colonial periodˇXbooks
(3) personal manuscripts of Prof. Yang Yun-ping.
5. On-line Catalog/Metadata Input System: Completed
(1) gazettes catalog input system;
(2) rare books of colonial period--books metadata input system;
(3) rare books of colonial period--periodicals metadata input system.
6. Metadata: 23,545 items
7. On-line System: Completed Scanning and Proofreading Administrative System for Digital Images
8. Database and Web Page: Completed and Testing
(1)database and webpage of rare books of colonial periodˇXbooks;
(2)database and webpage of Prof. Yang Yun-ping.

<source: The final report of this project (March 2005)>



Applied Metadata Standard: MARC/FRBR Model

Progress and Result

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Working documents contain the records when MAAT works on analyzing metadata with the staffs of the thematic group. They include worksheets, controlled vocabulary lists, analysis reports, system requirement specifications, guidelines, meeting reports, and misc. 

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