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The AstroBID: Preserving and Sharing the Italian Astronomical Heritage

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The cultural heritage of the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), made of rare and modern Books, Instruments and archival Documents, the AstroBID, marks the milestones in the history of astronomy in Italy. INAF, in collaboration with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna, has developed a project to preserve, digitize, and valorize its patrimony by creating a web portal Polvere di Stelle. It shows the cultural heritage of 12 libraries and historical archives, and 13 instrument collections, and allows both academics and a wider audience to search simultaneously the AstroBID materials.

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  1. INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Salita Moiariello 16, Naples, Italy

    Mauro Gargano & Emilia Olostro Cirella

  2. INAF-Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, Florence, Italy

    Antonella Gasperini

  3. INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, via Tiepolo 11, Trieste, Italy

    Riccardo Smareglia

  4. INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padua, Vicolo Osservatorio 5, Padua, Italy

    Valeria Zanini

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  1. Fac. di Scienze e TecnologieInformatiche, Libera Univ. di Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Diego Calvanese

  2. Dip. di Sci. Matematic., Info. e Fisiche, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy

    Dario De Nart

  3. Dip. di Sci. Matematic., Info. e Fisiche, Università degli Studi di Udine, Udine, Italy

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Gargano, M., Gasperini, A., Cirella, E.O., Smareglia, R., Zanini, V. (2016). The AstroBID: Preserving and Sharing the Italian Astronomical Heritage. In: Calvanese, D., De Nart, D., Tasso, C. (eds) Digital Libraries on the Move. IRCDL 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 612. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41938-1_7

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