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Computatio Litterarum Limitis Project: exploring AI’s endless possibilities in preserving and disseminating ancient texts
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With around 7500 printed volumes and rare manuscripts preserved in local libraries and archives, Bragança, an inland city in Portugal next to Spain, plays a key role in the region’s cultural identity, especially given its historical border significance. Studying and using AI to explore and promote Bragança’s bibliographic collections represents a significant cultural initiative, strengthening its heritage value. The project CompLiTT – Computatio Litterarum limitis: Calculations of literary culture on the border, funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and running from November 2024 until April 2026, intends to use technology to provide greater access to these literary treasures, reducing barriers and liaising with foreign cultures. The project aims to preserve and analyse historical texts while capitalising on AI to improve accessibility. AI software will enable intelligent reading, labelling, thematic analysis, and generating summaries of the books. It also seeks to update Bragança’s multilingual catalogue and highlight rare works in seven languages, benefiting both researchers and the public. The AI-driven approach will help connect and contextualise these texts, guaranteeing broader dissemination of Bragança’s literary heritage while making book knowledge more democratic and accessible. The work methodology followed is based on meta-analysis and meta-synthesis, grounded on the humanistic study, through observation, documentation and research using the library method, and, finally, through advanced computer resources, which will allow for the organisation and execution of the project. Therefore, we aim to introduce a wider international audience to the project at this conference,
showcasing its literary and technological innovations and benefits. At the same time, by disseminating CompLiTT, we seek to identify similar cases in other European border regions, enabling us to expand and adapt our work to create new contexts.
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Archives Rare books AI Crossborder Literary culture Heritage
Pedagogical Context
Citation
Silva, Elisabete Mendes; Chumbo, Isabel (2025). Computatio Litterarum Limitis Project: exploring AI’s endless possibilities in preserving and disseminating ancient texts. In International Scientific Conference “Language in the Age of AI” LTech2025. Kaunas. ISSN 3030-1017
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Kaunas University of Technology