3. 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
5. 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
7. Common view on:
• content selection
• methodology for identification of
masterpieces
• workflow best practices
• care, handling and long term
preservation of original items
Content Selection
Courtesy of KU Leuve
Courtesy of Parisienne de Photo
9. 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
10. Themes and collections
Context 1839-1939
– European History
– History of Photography
• Thematic evolution
• Photographers
• Landmark images
– History of Photographic techniques
Courtesy of
CRDI
11. 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
Courtesy of Nalis
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
Courtesy of MHF
17. 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
