Max Planck Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

Klaus E. Werner

Research Scholar

PhD, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, Italy

Residence: February 1 - December 31, 2012


Profile

IT specialist in information management for research institutes, libraries and museums. Specialized in digitization, storage and retrieval of data, documents (incl. archival) and media using mainly XML data bases and related technologies. Forays into mobile development such as RFID for accessing data on-the-spot. Work environments have included - among others -   the MPI for the History of Art - Hertziana Library, the Vatican Library, the Capitoline Museums.

For the [Perspectiva+] project I am developing an interface for synchronized browsing of source documents, translations and modern editions where the user can post and reply to annotations.