Saint John’s UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota

USA

Current Projects

• Completed since 2003: 30+• Active 2011-12:

Lebanon: 3 Malta: 2Syria: 2 Rome: 1Turkey: 2 India: 1Jerusalem: 1 Ethiopia: 1

Iraq: 3 TOTAL: 16

How It Works• HMML provides equipment, training, and

payment for local technicians• HMML coordinates cataloging if needed• HMML provides long-term digital archiving,

data migration, and replacement images• owners keep copies of all images and retain

publication and commercial rights• HMML may display metadata and sample

images, and provide secured access to complete manuscripts for researchers

HMML’s Digital Archive

• 30,000 mss digitally imaged since 2003

• 5000 mss imaged in 2011• =ca. 6,000,000 unique digital image

files in RAW and JPEG format; 86 TB in RAW + 26 TB in JPEG

• complete back-up, archiving, and data refreshment program