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The University of Malta and the Notarial Archives recently entered into a collaboration agreement to undertake a number of initiatives. The Notarial Archives has granted just over €445,000 in funding and will be working closely with the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of ICT.
The University of Malta and the Notarial Archives recently entered into a collaboration agreement to undertake a number of initiatives. The Notarial Archives has granted just over €445,000 in funding and will be working closely with the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of ICT.
Research at the Notarial Archives has for the past decades provided invaluable information on Malta’s history and the volumes preserved are considered among the most significant of the archival sources on the island. There are a number of specific areas of research which are of special interest and on which students and researchers have already compiled data. The Department of Art and Art History will be building up on this data by creating a database which highlights archival research and the formal study of works of art.
The University of Malta’s Department of Artificial Intelligence will be handling three different projects, one of which is the creation of a research tool called “NotaryPedia” which will facilitate searching on the digital archive through the use of graph-based representations. The Department will also develop an online catalogue for the different research projects that use data from the Notarial Archives.
The Department of Computer Science will be assessing different condition simulations for the effective preservation of manuscripts within the Notarial Archives. The Department will also be tasked with turning history into life through a tailor-made mixed reality experience to convey an interactive perspective of a number of historical local events.
The projects are expected to be concluded by 2021. A number of calls for Research Support Officers on these projects will be issued by the University of Malta over the coming weeks.
photo credit - Clifton Fenech DOI
photo credit - Clifton Fenech DOI