Digitization: Book on New Media

Povezanost knjige i čovjeka seže daleko u prošlost. Knjiga već stoljećima služi čovjeku kao primarni izvor informacija i znanja zbog čega čovjek neprestano njeguje pisanu riječ te razvija nove načine kako ju sačuvati u vremenu i prostoru. Razvojem tehnologije i Interneta, knjiga je doživjela revoluciju. U ovome radu opisuje se digitalizacija kao jedan o ključnih oblika organizacije informacija u 21. stoljeću i proučava se njezin najvažniji produkt, elektronička knjiga. S obzirom na to da ne možemo shvatiti što je novo u nekom mediju ako nismo upoznati s prijašnjim medijima, na samom početku ovoga rada ukratko ćemo iznijeti povijest razvoja pisma i ljudske komunikacije te evoluciju knjige. Nadalje ćemo navesti i opisati najvažnije svjetske projekte digitalizacije te ćemo govoriti o prednostima digitaliziranja pisane baštine, ali i o problemima s kojima se kulturne ustanove i organizacije suočavaju pri digitalizaciji.There has been a connection between man and book since ancient times. For centuries, book has served as a primary source of information and knowledge and that is the reason why man has been constantly nurturing the written word and developing new ways of preserving it in space and time. Technological development and the invention of the Internet revolutionized book. This paper describes the process of digitisation as one of the most important ways of organising the information in 21st century and focusses on eBook as its major product. Since we have to be familiar with older media in order to understand the new ones, in the beginning we will tell something about the history of writing, forms of human communication and the evolution of book. Further on we will state and describe major global digitisation projects. Finally we will talk about advantages of the written heritage digitisation but also about problems that cultural institutions and organizations confront in the process of digitisatio