Life and work
Places
I live and work mainly in Göttingen.
About me
More on me and this page.
Professional focus
Skills
My professional focus is on various topics from the spectrum of digital libraries and museums:
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Full texts and metadata Blog posts
- TEI / Digital editions
- OCR
- Search technologies (Solr / ElasticSearch)
- XML technologies
- IIIF Blog posts
- Bibliographic metadata (METS / MODS / DC)
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(Mass-) Digitisation
- Workflow automatisation
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Digital images
- Computer vision for the enhancement of cultural heritage Blog posts
- Image processing and formats Blog posts
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3D Blog posts
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Geodata Blog posts
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Programming
- Java
- PHP
- Python
- Groovy
- Go
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Web development
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaSript / TypeScript Blog posts
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DevOps
- Git / GitHub
- Cloud infrastructure: Docker / Kubernetes / Rancher Blog posts
Memberships and networks
Talks
(Selection)
- 14.11.2024 - 2024 IIIF Online Meeting - HDR Images via IIIF Image API, Online
- 24.6.2021 - 2021 IIIF Annual Conference - Scaling Down: IIIF at Small Scale, Online
- 08.6.2011 - 100. Deutscher Bibliothekartag - “IMProving ACcess to Text - Entwicklung eines Interoperabilitätsframeworks in einem Bibliotheksprojekt” (with Mustafa Dogan), Berlin
- 10.5.2011 - Europeana4D – Exploring data in space and time (with Ralf Stockmann and Stefan Jänicke), Vienna
- 16.3.2010 - 4. Leipziger Kongress für Information und Bibliothek “OCR Renderfarmen und TEI”, Leipzig
- 13.10.2008 - Sino-German Symposium on Development of Library and Information 2008 - “Goobi - web based digitisation lifecycle software”, Hannover
- 04.6.2008 - 97. Deutscher Bibliothekartag -“BibForge - developing Libraries”, Mannheim
- 25.4.2007 - Putting the TEI to the test (MPDL meeting) - “Fulltext processing at the GDZ”, Berlin
Further laks
- 28.1.2025 - Göttingen Collections Data and Forum Wissen (with Karsten Heck and Anna-Lena Brunecker), Lecture series of the Institute for Digital Humanities, Göttingen
- 15.1.2025 - IIIF Community Call: HDR, Online
Old talks
Old presentations
- Bestellzetteldruck 2.0
- SUB OCR Implementierung
- Tomcat as a service
- Ideen Goobi Storage API
- Basisinfrastruktur aus Entwicklersicht
- eXist für Editionsprojekte
- Development Toolbox
Activities of the Research and Development Department of the SUB Göttingen
See Research and Development Department
- “Visualisation in Europeana Connect - e4D”, 19th FE Colloquium, 6.4.2011 with Ralf Stockmann
- “Dauerhafte Verfügbarkeit durch verteilte interoperable Dienste”, 6th FE Colloquium, 25 February 2009 with Mustafa Dogan
- “XML konkret: TEI-Dokumente im Web”, 26 May 2005 with Cornelis Kater
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Publications
- Fieseler C., Mahnke C. (2013): CERL Thesaurus used in an electronic edition of 18th-century university lectures, CERL Newsletter 27, Juni 2013
- Voigt K., Mahnke C., Dr. Tech M., Dogan M. (2014): Heyne Digital - Exploring the origins of Classical Archaeology through a digital edition, Conference proceedings QQML 2014
See also Göttingen Research online
Exhibitions
- 6.12. - 17.12.2022: “Spurensuche im Sylter Archiv - Zum Leben und Werk von Wilma Bräuner (1891 – 1985)” - Stadtgalerie “Alte Post”, Sylt / OT Westerland with Evelyn Kraßmann.
Projects and participations
Old projects
Videos
In the last few years I had the opportunity to be an extra in short films:
Evelyns Geschichte
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Here I play myself and accompany a very good friend with a serious illness to the flea market.
Black as Chalk - Snake Handler
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Also in this video I play myself - sitting at the computer looking grimly…
Recorded talks
Recordings of talks can be found in the blog under the keyword “Recording”.
Mentions
- Archivalia 31 December 2024: Archives: Fostering collection development through citizen participation
- MEIBOHM FINE ARTS on Fritz Neumann (AKA Ric)
- Archivalia 2 April 2025: Christian Mahnke urges: End microfilm digitisation!
Blogs
A list of my blogs on specific topics can be found on Projektemacher.org. I am also involved in Nebeleule.de.
Colophon
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The site is hosted by GitHub.
Contact
This page is a project by Christian Mahnke.
Contact is possible via E-Mail.