INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN MUSEUMS AND SCIENCE

The book reflects - in English and in Russian - the authors' views on the application of information technology in museums and science. They believe that "digitalization is an inevitable, mandatory and responsible process for the preservation of information about cultural and historical heritage and for passing it on to the next generations".Discussed in detail are the applications for: cataloging museum objects (MuseuM); archeological sites and finds (Arche); working at an archeological site (PIN); scientific studies (Biblos); intangible culture (Folk); linguistic remnants of the Thracian language (Glotta); cultural tourism (MapTour); the settlements of the Balkan Peninsula (Settlement); image input (PhotoStorage).Ass. Prof. Tosho Spiridonov - leading scientist in the history of ancient Thrace, historical geography, historical ethnography and digitization of cultural and historical heritage.Prof. Svetlana Yanakieva - leading scholar of linguistics, Thracian language and digitization of Thracian linguistic remains.Ing. Svilen Stoyanov - software developer, developer of the DAGIS software.