2016/07/01 by Verónica Lencinas, Lencinas, Verónica
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astronomy #Computer science #Environmental Monitoring and Data Management #FOS: Physical sciences #Geography #Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM) #Metadata #Observatory #Physics #Research Data Management Practices #World Wide Web #astro-ph.IM
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1607.00085
Presented at Astroplate: International workshop on scientific use, digitization and preserving astronomical photographic records. Prague 14 - 18 March 2016
arxiv created 2016/07/01 · openalex publication_date 2016/07/01 · arxiv updated 2016/07/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The Plate Archive of the Cordoba Observatory includes 20.000 photographs and spectra on glass plates dating from 1893 to 1983. This contribution describes the work performed since the plate archive was transferred to the Observatory Library in 2011. In 2014 an interdisciplinary team was assembled and a research grant from the National University of Cordoba was obtained with the objectives of preserving the glass plates and generate public access for astronomers and other audiences. The preservation work not only includes practical intervention to improve conservation conditions for the whole archive, but also a diagnose of the preservation conditions for the plates and identification of best practices for cleaning the plates. The access envisioned through digitization requires not only the scanning of all the plates, but also careful definition and provision of metadata. In this regard, each institutional level involved -in this case: archive, library, astronomical observatory and public university - demands and provides different bibliographic practices, involving multiple standards of description and coding.