Polish Collections in Europeana
2012-10-25
The Polish Collections in Europeana conference was organized in the medieval city of Toruń on October 18-19 by the International Centre for Information Management Systems and Services ICIMSS.
The opening speech, The Decision to Digitise, was given by Eleanor Kenny of the Europeana Foundation. The remaining presentations, delivered in Polish, may be divided into the following four categories:
- Presentation of Europeana-related projects
- National IT infrastructure for cultural heritage resources
- The support of Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for digitization projects
- Problems and needs of Polish cultural heritage institutions
Two presentations were given by representatives of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage: The Digitization Strategy of The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Anna
Duńczyk-Szulc) and The Project of a Ministerial Portal Dedicated to Cultural Heritage Resources Digitization (Agata Bratek). The portal is to be launched at the beginning of 2013.
A number of Europeana-related projects were presented, including:
- EuropeanaPhotography (Europeana Photography – Documentation of the First Century of Photography, Marta Miskowiec, Museum of History of Photography in Cracow, Piotr Kożurno, ICIMSS)
- Athena (Athena and Athena Plus – Projects Encouraging Museums to Cooperate with Europeana, Maria Śliwińska, ICIMSS)
- Judaica Europeana (Judaica Europeana – Digitizing Jewish Cultural Heritage in Europe, Edyta Kurek, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw)
- APEX (Polish Archives’ Participation in the APEX Project, Anna Matejak, Head Office of State Archives, Warsaw)
More info on the conference website.