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Opening up our heritage : opportunities in digitising and promoting cultural and research collections / François Renaville, Renaud Adam and Cécile Oger (Eds.).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Di Méo, Nicolas, 1978- Author.
- Peurell, Annika, Author.
- Heuvel, Maartje van den, Author.
- van Bergen, Saskia, Author.
- Richelle, Laurence, Author.
- Simon, Stéphanie (Historian), Author.
- Rodrigues da Silva, Gislene, Author.
- Schabinger, Rouven, Author.
- Stepan, Nikol, Author.
- Colla, Joris, Author.
- Gkogkou, Despoina, Author.
- Aucher, Laurent, Author.
- Ghuzel, Olivier, Author.
- Petricca, Francesca, Author.
- Ausēja, Eva, Author.
- Moré, Laura, Author.
- Jacksen, Saga, Author.
- Seyffert-Wirth, Mimi, Author.
- Scalco, Teresita, Author.
- Sarvilahti, Marika, Author.
- Duță, Mălina, Author.
- Peltonen, Riitta, Author.
- Browne, Junior, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural property--Digitization.
- Cultural property.
- Digital libraries--Europe--Case studies.
- Digital libraries.
- Libraries and museums--Special collections--Digitization.
- Libraries and museums.
- Research libraries--Digitization--Case studies.
- Research libraries.
- Archival materials--Digitization--Case studies.
- Archival materials.
- Information organization--Standards.
- Information organization.
- Metadata--Standards--Case studies.
- Metadata.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments--Conservation--Digital methods.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments.
- Photograph collections--Digitization--Case studies.
- Photograph collections.
- User-centered system design--Case studies.
- User-centered system design.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic resource (304 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Liège : Presses Universitaires de Liège ; ULiège Library, 2025.
- Summary:
- How can heritage institutions reconcile the duty to preserve fragile historical collections with the growing demand for open, digital access? This book explores that question through the lens of a European Erasmus Staff Training week, where librarians, curators, project managers, and researchers met to examine the challenges and opportunities of digitising and promoting cultural and research heritage. 'Opening up our Heritage' offers a rich overview of current practices, institutional strategies, and collaborative projects that bring rare books, scientific instruments, photographs, and local archives into the digital age. With case studies drawn from across Europe, the Americas, and South Africa, the book highlights how technology can both safeguard and activate collections—ensuring their transmission to future generations while engaging new audiences today. Structured in four thematic parts—Preservation and Digitisation; Data Structuring and Connectivity; Promotion and Showcasing; and Community Engagement—it captures the diversity of approaches and shared ambitions in the cultural heritage sector. A timely and practical resource for professionals and academics alike, this volume sheds light on the dynamic intersection of heritage preservation, digital innovation, and public engagement.
- Contents:
- Preface / Christian Hänger
- Introduction / Renaud Adam, François Renaville, and Cécile Oger
- I. Preserving and Digitising Cultural and Scientific Heritage
- How Can Librarians and Researchers Work Together? Digitising Corpora of Photographs and Projection Plates at the University of Strasbourg / Nicolas Di Méo
- Material Digitisation of Scientific Publications at KTH – Planning for a Pilot Study / Annika Peurell
- The Digitisation of the Frank Scholten Collection at the Special Collections of Leiden University Libraries / Maartje van den Heuvel and Saskia van Bergen
- Unlocking the Value of Digitised Heritage Collections: Case Studies From ULiège Library / Renaud Adam, Laurence Richelle, and Stéphanie Simon
- Description of Scientific and Historical Physics Instruments Gislene Rodrigues da Silva
- II. Structuring and Connecting Heritage Data
- Cultural Heritage Data @ SLSP: The Cases of the Connectome Project and the Swiss National Library / Rouven Schabinger and Nikol Stepan
- ODIS: The Contextual Disclosure of Heritage Collections Through a Joint Database on the History of Civil Society / Joris Colla
- Μετάdata: A Database for Translations of Literary Texts in Greek Periodicals / Despoina Gkogkou
- Unveiling the Medica Ecosystem: An Emblematic Example of Scientific Heritage Dissemination Services / Laurent Aucher and Olivier Ghuzel
- Early European Books: The Role of Private Partnerships in Heritage Preservation / Francesca Petricca
- III. Promoting and Showcasing Heritage Collections
- The Digital Library of Latvia and Collaborations With Regional Libraries / Eva Ausēja
- Bertrana de Capçalera: The Promotion of a Special Collection Based on Digitisation Projects / Laura Moré
- Exploring Opportunities for Popularising Digitised Collections Within Finna Services / Saga Jacksen
- Digital Heritage Collections: Can We Measure Impact? / Mimi Seyffert-Wirth
- Educate About Beauty: Petit Tour, Online Exhibitions as a Means of Designing a More Democratic Cultural Heritage / Teresita Scalco
- IV. Engaging Users and Communities
- Strategies for Promoting the Use of Digital Cultural Heritage Collections With Student and Researcher Engagement / Marika Sarvilahti
- The Deported to Bărăgan Project: Public Accessibility in Research Archives / Mălina Duță
- Fostering National Collaboration With Human-Centred Design and Co-Creation in Cultural Heritage Material Curation – Strategic and Operational Learnings From Finna.fi / Riitta Peltonen
- Digital Revival of Heritage: Elevating Caribbean Cricket Through Technology and Policy / Junior Browne
- Book Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- ISBN:
- 978-2-87019-330-3
- 978-2-87019-331-0
- 978-2-87019-332-7
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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