dQIÖG. A Workflow for the Pez Edition in a Hybrid Series

Disciplines

Other Humanities (60%); History, Archaeology (20%); Computer Sciences (20%)

Keywords

Hybrid scholarly edition, Digital scholarly edition, Learned correspondence, Republic of Letters, Early modern scholarship, Austrian History

Abstract

The learned correspondence of Austrian Benedictine historians Bernhard and Hieronymus Pez has been the subject of scholarly efforts for more than fifteen years. This work began with a traditional print edition, with two volumes published in 2010 and 2015 b y Böhlau in the series Quelleneditionen des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (QIÖG). The next step now consists in transforming the extant material into a digital scholarly edition while establishing a framework for the print publication of the remaining volumes. This project sets out to create the necessary software for such a workflow by defining and aligning the roles of the involved parties: the research group, the series editor, the institutional repository, and the publisher. The envisaged publication model can thus be reused for all future QIÖG editions, allowing for a choice between print-only and hybrid modes.