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Competence centres for digitisation
Advisory centres and associated practical competence in different areas of
digitisation exist in a number of Member States and these are
often producers of guidelines.
Here, we publish a list of already existing competence centers,
divided for country, followed by the relevant URL and a small
description.
Austria
Belgium
- Flemish Community
- CultuurDatabank Vlaanderen (Culture Database Flanders)
http://www.cultuurnet.be/
cultuurdatabank
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Other: Information about cultural events, organisations,
persons, collections, cultural URL’s,...
[FORM
rtf version]
- Maerlant Centrum - Maerlant Center
http://www.maerlant.be
Founded in 1999 and based at the University of Leuven, Maerlant
Center boasts expertise in web publishing, digitization,
digital publication of historical sources for scientific
and educational purposes, trans-European collaboration,
and designing systems for Open and Distance Learning in
universities.
Consulting, collection management
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of museum collections
Digitisation of photographic objects
Multimedia
Virtual exhibitions
e-learning on Cultural Heritage, visual literacy and media
literacy skills education
[FORM
rtf version]
- Vlaams Centrum voor Openbare Bibliotheken = Flemish Centre
for Public libraries
http://www.vcob.be
VCOB develops specific competence in the application of
standards for data description = (meta) data description
standards. And later on for searches: search and retrieval
standards; integration of services in a network context:
service provisioning in a network.
- French Community
Denmark
Estonia
- Conservation Centre Kanut
http://www.kanut.ee
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of art objects
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of museum collections
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
Digitisation of research materials
[FORM
rtf version]
- National Library of Estonia – NLE
http://www.nlib.ee
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
[FORM
pdf version]
Finland
France
- French national Library (BnF)
http://www.bnf.fr
Mass digitisation of printed documents, national digital library Gallica
- National Audiovisual Institute (INA)
http://www.ina.fr/
Conservation, research and training in the fields of archiving, digitisation and safeguarding of audiovisual assets
- Modelling, simulations for architecture, urbanism and landscapes (MAP)
http://www.map.archi.fr/
Research centre, national scope, 3D modelling for monuments and natural sites
- Institute for music/acoustic research and coordination (IRCAM)
http://www.ircam.fr/index-e.html
Research for contemporary music, including information technologies, on-line services
- Center for research and restoration for the Museums of France (C2RMF)
http://www.c2rmf.fr/
Databases and tools for processing images for the conservation or restoration of heritage : 3D objects and 2D very high quality digitisation, multilingualism
Germany
- Digitalisierungszentrum der BSB München
http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/mdz/index.htm
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of art objects
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
Virtual exhibitions
- Digitalisierzungszentreum der SUB Göttingen
http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/de/index.html
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of art objects
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
Virtual exhibitions
- Kompetenzzentrum Trier
http://www.kompetenzzentrum.uni-trier.de/
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of art objects
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
Virtual exhibitions
Ireland
- An Chomhairle Leabharlanna / The Library Council
http://www.librarycouncil.ie
Digitisation of printed text, images, manuscript, archive, a/v
& 3-D material
- The National Library of Ireland
http://www.nli.ie
Digitisation of printed text, manuscript, images
- Radio Telifís Éireann (RTÉ) Irish National
Public Service Broadcasting Station
http://www.rte.ie
Digitisation of audio and video
- The University of Dublin, Trinity College
http://www.tcd.ie
Digitisation of printed text, manuscript, images
Italy
- Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione (ICCD)
= Central Institute for Cataloguing and Documentation
http://www.iccd.beniculturali.it
Programming, planning and defining standards in the field of
cataloguing the Italian cultural heritage, in particular digitisation
- Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle Biblioteche
Italiane e per le Informazioni Bibliografiche (ICCU) = Central
Institute for the Union Catalogue of Italian libraries and Bibliographic
Information
http://www.iccu.sbn.it
The body responsible for cataloguing the book heritage and at
the moment is the most developed sector in the field of digitisation
- Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR) = Central Institute
for Restoration
http://www.icr.beniculturali.it
The body responsible for all activities of restoration in Italy
- Istituto Centrale per la Patologia del libro (ICPL) = Central
Institute of Book Pathology
http://www.librari.beniculturali.it/
struttura/default.asp
It contributes to define methodologies, and plays an intensive
role in solving conservation problems arising in Italian libraries.
Specific teams are at work both for the evaluation of perspectives
in digital media preservation, and for the digitisation of the
information on book conservation
- I-MUSEUM ONLUS
http://www.i-museum.it
Virtual exhibitions
Accessibility of web applications
[FORM
rtf version]
Luxembourg - LUX
- Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg, BnL
http://www.bnl.lu
http://luxemburgensia.bnl.lu
http://portail.bnl.lu
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of manuscripts
Digitisation of newspapers
Long term archiving and access, webarchiving
[FORM rtf
version]
- Centre National de l'Audiovisuel (CNA)
http://www.cna.public.lu/
Digitisation of film
Digitisation of photographic objects
Digitisation of sound
Digitisation of TV and radio
[FORM rtf version]
- Centre Virtuel de la Connaissance sur l'Europe (CVCE)
http://www.ena.lu
http://www.cvce.lu
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of books
Digitisation of film
Digitisation of newspapers
Digitisation of photographic objects
Digitisation of sound
Multimedia
[FORM rtf version]
- Musée National d’Histoire and Art, Luxembourg (MNHAL)
http://www.mnha.public.lu
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
Digitisation of art objects
Digitisation of film
Digitisation of museum collections
Digitisation of photographic objects
Digitisation of public archives
3D-environment
[FORM pdf version]
- Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Luxembourg (MNHNL)
http://www.mnhn.lu/default.asp
Consulting, collection management, metadata ontology
[FORM rtf version]
Netherlands - DEN
- Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage - ICN
http://www.icn.nl
Digitisation of museum collections
- Netherlands Institute for Art History - RKD
http://www.rkd.nl
Digitisation of museum collections
- Netherlands Institute for Image and Sound - NIBG
http://www.nibg.nl
Digitisation of audio-visual heritage
- Koninklijke Bibliotheek - KB
http://www.kb.nl
Digitisation of library collections long term preservation,
storage of websites
- Netherlands Association of Public libraries - NBLC
http://www.nblc.nl
Accesability of public library records and information
- Netherlands Dept. for Conservation - RdMz
http://www.monumentenzorg.nl
Digitisation of information on built & archeological
monuments
- National Service for Archeological Research - ROB
http://www.archis.nl
Digitisation of information on built & archeological
monuments
- Netherlands Association for Digital Heritage - DEN
http://www.den.nl
Digitisation of heritage in general, programming and defining
standards
- National Archives - NA
http://www.nationaalarchief.nl
Digitisation of archival records, records management, long term
preservation
Slovenia
Sweden
- Kunkliga Biblioteket Sveriges = Royal library of Sweden
http://www.kb.se
Digitisation of printed material and preservation of Web
content
- Lantmäteriet = Swedish Land Survey Authority
http://www.lantmateriet.se/
index_eng.htm
Digitisation and preservation of maps on the Web
- Riksarkivet = National Archives
http://www.ra.se
Digitisation of archival material, long-term preservation of
archival material in digital form,
and databases on archival content
- Riksantikvarieämbetet = National Heritage Board
http://www.raa.se
Databases on cultural heritage
- Statens ljud- och bildarkiv = The National Archives of
Recorded Sound and Moving Images
http://www.ljudochbildarkivet.se
Preservation of recorded sound and moving images and databases
on these items
United Kingdom
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