2025
Project title: PN2 eBook within the project Establishment, implementation and optimization of the management of the unified e-Culture information platform
Period: 23. 6. 2025–30. 6. 2026
Coordinator: Ministry of Culture
Head of the project in NUK: Bakir Toskić
NUK project group: Tina Bovha, Oleksii Ivanov, Luka Sitar
Founded by: Ministry of Culture
Project description: The main goal of the project is to upgrade and improve the digital infrastructure in the field of books and publishing, as well as in the field of library activities.
Project website: Vzpostavitev, zagon in optimizacija upravljanja z enotno informacijsko platformo e-Kultura | GOV.SI
Project title: V5-2549 CRP - Development of a strategy for transition to sustainable models of scientific publishing, aligned with best practices in the European research area
Period: 1. 9. 2025–30. 8. 2027
Coordinator: National and University Library (NUK)
Partners: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences (FDV), and University of Maribor, University Library Maribor (UM UKM)
Head of the project in NUK: dr. Jana Kolar
Project team member: dr. Irena Eiselt
Founded by: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) and Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation (MVZI)
Project description: The main goal is to prepare a concrete strategy proposal with an appropriate timeline, taking into account current ERA policies and best practices, which can serve as a basis for implementing activities supporting Slovenia’s transition to more sustainable and preferably non-profit forms of open scientific publishing.
Project title: J7-60128 - AID HCH - Surplus in the Development of Humanities and Cultural Heritage with Artificial Intelligence
Period: 1. 1. 2025–31. 12. 2027
Coordinator: prof. dr. Gorazd Bajc, University of Maribor
Head of the project in NUK: dr. Alenka Kavčič Čolić
NUK project group: Jana Kolar, PhD
Founded by: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS)
Project description: The AID HCH project establishes the Slovenian Humanities and Heritage Data Space (SHHDS) as a reference research infrastructure that will connect existing digital collections, research resources, and institutions at the national level.The project aims to develop new methodological approaches and artificial intelligence tools for the analysis of textual, visual, and sensory data, enabling advanced research that contributes to a new understanding of the past, the interpretation of the present, and the prediction of the future of cultural heritage. The project actively integrates Slovenia into the European Research Area in the fields of artificial intelligence and digital humanities and contributes to the development of the European Common Data Space and Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH), thereby strengthening Slovenia’s digital sovereignty and innovation potential in science and culture.
Project website: https://www.e-rihs.si/aid-hch/
2024
Project title: Next Generation Analytical Tools for Heritage Science (NextGenHS)
Period: 1.7.2024-30.6.2027
Coordinator: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
Head of the project in NUK: Dr Jasna Malešič
Partners: National and University Library, Biotechnical Faculty and Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of the University of Maribor, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute and National Institute of Chemistry.
Co-founded by: Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS)
Project description: NextGenHS focuses on the development of new analytical methods and techniques for historic biomaterials, for the purpose of their better interpretation, management and conservation.
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2022
Project title: ABC – Ancient Book Crafts
Period: 1. 7. 2022 – 30. 6. 2025, extended until 31.10.2025
Coordinator: BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Head of the project in NUK: dr. Jasna Malešič
Partners: ÖAW – Institute of Medieval Research, Austria, UL – Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana at UL Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology with cooperation with NLCR - National Library of the Czech Republic and KN– Abbey Library and Archives of Klosterneuburg
Co-founded by: WEAVE programme in collaboration between FWF (The Science Fund – Austria) and ARRS (Slovenian Research Agency)
Project description: The ABC project will explore, validate and evaluate the robustness of dating of library materials on the basis of infrared spectroscopy. Dated materials from Klosterneuburg (Austria) and NUK will be used for the research.
Project website: https://hslab.fkkt.uni-lj.si/2022/04/11/abc-ancient-book-crafts/
Project title: Incunabula Slovenica
Period: 1. 1. 2022–31. 12. 2030
Coordinator: UNESCO Memory of the World Committee in cooperation with the National and University Library (Project Operator)
Head of the project in NUK: Dr. Ines Vodopivec, Assist. Prof.
Partners: UNESCO Memory of the World Committee, The National and University Library, The Archives of the Republic of Slovenia, The Central Library Srečko Vilhar Koper, The Ivan Potrč Library Ptuj, The Franciscan Monastery Novo mesto
Co-founded by: The Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO
Project description: The project aims to digitise more than 800 incunabula (books printed in the early period of printing up to the end of the calendar year 1500) in Slovenia, thus preserving and providing access to written heritage to everyone. The digital collection Incunabula Slovenica will be added to the IFLA Register of Written Heritage, the project will enable cooperation between UNESCO, various heritage institutions and the Memory of the World Committee. The project will also promote the use of new technologies and create new jobs in various areas of the cultural and creative sector. The implementation of the project will be supported by the UNESCO Conference/Meeting on Digitisation, Preservation and Accessibility of Incunabula in Digital Form.
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