Преглед НЦД 18 (2011), 19–27 Kaja Antlej IB-PROCADD d.o.o. Mojca Šavnik National and University Library of Slovenia Bernarda Županek Museum and galleries of Ljubljana Kristjan Celec IB-PROCADD d.o.o. “VIRTUAL EMONA” ON DLIB.SI USING 3D TECHNOLOGIES Abstract. Digital Library of Slovenia - dLib.si is a web portal for free accessing to digital and digitized library materials and virtual exhibitions. This paper is describing the use of 3D technologies in development and preparation of exhibition Virtual Emona. The title is related to Roman settlement Emona (Colonia Iulia Emona), which was located on a place, where present city of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, is lying today. Content of the exhibition in 3D form will be public accessible on dLib.si and it will be linked to other resources about Emona on the same web portal. The beginning phase of the project includes 3D digitization of the model of archaeological site NUK II and 3D digitization of some artefacts, found on the mentioned site. NUK II consists of four Emona’s insulas (building blocks) and crossing of two roads between them; under the road which ran in direction E-W, laid a cloaca. In late Roman period three of four researched insulas (XVII, XIII, XXVII) were thermal city baths. The project of Virtual Emona was formed in cooperation with the owner of dLib.si web portal, National and University Library of Slovenia, Museum and galleries of Ljubljana, which keeps and interprets archaeological artefacts, and with 3D technologies implementator, IB-PROCADD company. Virtual exhibition is already in realization process. Keywords: 3D technologies, 3D digitization, digital library, virtual exhibition, Emona. 1. Introduction The project of virtual exhibition titled Virtual Emona was initiated by the National and University Library of Slovenia (NUK), the owner of digital library dLib.si, which is organizing thematic virtual exhibitions on web portal. In autumn 2009 The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, in accordance with Strategy of Development of Information Society in the Republic of Slovenia - si2010 and vision of e-contents, determined NUK as the national aggregator of cultural e-contents. Virtual Emona represents a pilot project of an exhibition in 3D environment. The content of virtual exhibition is related to the heritage of the Roman city of Emona, ancient predecessor of modern Ljubljana, namely to research results of archaeological site NUK II. The remains of the Emonian city baths were found in the immediate neighborhood of the NUK building, on a place where the NUK II building is in plan to be built, as its librarian activity has overgrown current space. In the future library building, an incorporation of archaeological findings is planned. The investment of new building is currently stopped for many reasons, yet information-communication and 3D technologies are enabling us to deliver