Seminar “From Data to Claims: Possibilities and Challenges in the Digital Processing of Bibliographic Metadata”
On March 12, a seminar will take place at the TLÜ Academic Library, during which the new Estonian Translation Literature Database (ETA) will be introduced.
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iCal calendarThe database contains information on works of fiction translated into Estonian and published between 1850 and 2010, as well as literary translations published in periodicals during the same period. It also includes data on reviews of translated books. In total, the database comprises over 60,000 records, most of which have until now been accessible only in paper catalogue form.
The seminar will present the research opportunities opened up by the database for scholars of translation as well as for researchers of literary and cultural history more broadly. It will also include a discussion of issues related to the collection, organisation and processing of bibliographic metadata, as well as questions arising from the use of artificial intelligence and digital humanities methods.
Maris Saagpakk and Daniele Monticelli, who have been involved in conceptualising and compiling the database, will speak alongside invited guests who will address its potential uses. The seminar will take place in a hybrid format. A detailed programme will be announced soon.
As the exhibition “Born in Translation: The History of Estonian Culture in the Mirror of Translated Literature (1525–2025)”, curated by Daniele Monticelli, will be on display in the lobby of the TLÜ Academic Library for its final days in mid-March, we invite all interested participants to join the last curator-led tour before the seminar at 3:00 p.m. You can indicate your interest in attending the tour in the seminar registration form.
The seminar will be followed by an informal gathering at the Academic Library café and the closing of the exhibition.
Contact: Julia Reinman, julia.reinman@tlu.ee
