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EuropeanaPhotography ICT-PSP Project no. 297158
Europeana Projects Group Assembly
Prof. Dr. Frederik Truyen
KU Leuven, Coordinator
www.europeana-photography.eu
EuropeanaPhotography
Coordinator: KU Leuven Technical Coordinator: Promoter srl
1 February 2012 – 31 January 2015
19 partners
13 EU countries
Over 430,000 ancient photographs: selection, digitization, enrichment, ingestion to Europeana
Courtesy of Arbejdermuseet
Courtesy of Parisienne de Photo
EuropeanaPhotography
• Public/private collaboration involving archives and photo agencies
• Representing Early Photography in Europeana
• Digitization advice and expertise
• Metadata support through intermediate scheme LIDO to EDM and data provision support to Europeana (using MINT)
• IPR support and advocacy
• Training
Courtesy NALIS
Common view on:
• content selection
• methodology for identification of masterpieces
• workflow best practices
• care, handling and long term preservation of original items
Content Selection
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Courtesy of Parisienne de Photo
Themes and collections
Selection criteria
– Chronology
– Historical/artistic/social value
– Territorial criteria
Definition of masterpiece:
A work done with extraordinary skill, especially a work of fine art, craft or intellect that is an exceptionally great achievement. To some, this means the best piece of work by a particular artist or craftsperson.
Courtesy of Polfoto
Themes and collections
Context 1839-1939
– European History
– History of Photography
• Thematic evolution
• Photographers
• Landmark images
– History of Photographic techniques
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CRDI
Useful tools are available as outcomes of the project:
• The EuropeanaPhotography multilingual vocabulary
• Digitization and metadata best practices
• The MINT mapping tool
• The IPR Guidebook
TOOLS
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The EuropeanaPhotography multilingual vocabulary:
over 500 concepts related to photography
structured in a multifaceted, hierarchical way
12 languages: English (as the pivotal language), French, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Danish, Bulgarian, Slovak, Lithuanian, Catalan and Spanish
SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY
Courtesy of Lithuanian Museums
PREPARATION
Archival preparation of originals • Analysis of originals (formats, organization,
condition, copies, size, etc.)
• Physical and intellectual organization
Preservation preparation of originals • Evaluation of physical condition and readiness for digitising • Cleaning materials • Restoration of some originals
Digitization and metadata best practices
DIGITISATION
• The digitisation process is carried out in line with the existing standards to deliver high- quality files.
• The standards and guidelines are a good guarantee for image quality. • After digitizing, images must be tested for compliance with the documented specification of
each partner. Image quality assurance must consider the following issues: correct file naming, size of images, acceptable borders and margins on images, images completeness, correct graphic files, image characteristics (resolution, bit-depth, colour space, etc.) .
1. Capture done according to
specifications by WP2.
2. Device conformance testing and
calibration, based on established
benchmarks and specifications.
3. Digital conversion.
4. Image processing: correction/editing/processing to digital files.
5. File naming.
6. File formats and compression for
archiving and for preservation
Guidelines
The MINT mapping tool
Based on the MINT technology, a user-friendly platform was developed and it is in use for transforming the content providers’ metadata to the EuropeanaPhotography intermediate schema (based on LIDO), and to enrich them through the mapping tool with the EuropeanaPhotography Vocabulary.
MINT-technology customized for photography
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The IPR Guidebook A complete guide into the Europeana IPR model, the Data Exchange Agreement, with online supporting tools for companies and institutions. A second release with important updates is foreseen by end of May. A networking session about IPR has been proposed for the upcoming event of ICT2013 in Vilnius.
IPR Guidebook
Courtesy TopFoto
DISSEMINATION
CONTACTS
EuropeanaPhotography project Technical coordinator: PROMOTER SRL
Via Boccioni 2 - 56037 Peccioli Italy
+39 0587 466881
Coordinator: KU Leuven Faculty of Arts, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 – pb 3301 B-3000 Leuven Belgium - +32 496 800384 [email protected]