2014 EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Cultural Heritage http://2014.minervaisrael.org.il http://www.digital-heritage.org.il

1. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS IN PRESERVING VISUAL ART DANTEC LTD
EVA/MINERVA NOVEMBER 2014
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2. Judaica Library digitized collections volume – cooperation with Israeli bodies and photographers
Ongoing Projects
Digitized collections creation – The Challenge and The building process
Content

3. Israeli bodies
Independent photographers
Judaica Library collection volumes – cooperation with Israeli bodies and photographers

4. Cooperation with Israeli bodies
CZA: images, posters and maps - 800,000
JNF-KKL: images - 650,000
Galil Project: images, audio and video - 1,000,000
The Central Archives for the History of the
Jewish People – Alliance France: microfilm - 800,000
Kol Israel: audio - 30,000 hrs
Center For Jewish Art:
images, documents and drawings ` - 220,000
The Israeli center for the documentation of the performing arts – Yaacov Agor: Images - 300,000
Israel Museum: audio and video - 600 items
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5. Cooperation with independent photographers
Israel Haramati: 400,000
Itzhak Amit: 115,000
David Harris: 150,000
Reuven Milon: 55,000
Yossi Tzweiker: 55,000
Eyal Landesman: 125,000
Eldad Rafaeli: 250,000
Gadi Dagon: 15,000
Gerard Allon: 73,000
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6. Ongoing projects

7. Ongoing projects
Israel Sun Ltd: 1,800,000
The Israel Museum: 20,000
Bat Sheva: 30,000
The Israeli Cartoon Museum: 170,000
Yosef Ross: 50,000
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8. The Challenge and The building process
Digitized collections creation

9. Digitized collections creation – The Challenge
Conversion of an existing analog database into a digitized one
Dealing with numerous different categorizing disciplines
Dealing with numerous items types (microfilm, slides, photos, posters, maps, very large items), physical condition
Information Decoding
Information Enrichment

10. Digitized collections creation – The Process

11. Digitization Process
Dantec
Local Archive
Harvard
Visit Local Archive site
Project Analysis and Planning
Batch
preparation
Scanning
Initial DB preparation
Create files in local archive format
DB validation
DB creation for local archive
Translation
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Content Enrichment

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Title: Yom Kippur.
Images dated 18/1/1974

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Title:
Trucks shipping food.
Year: 1970

14. Digitization Process Harvad’s Specifications
Dantec
Local Archive
Harvard
Create Files in Harvard’s format
Filtering & Deletion of files
Categorization
Create
Batch XML
Olivia XML
Shipment
Files and XMLs’ load
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Content QA / Enrichment

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18. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN PRESERVING VISUAL ART
תודה Thank you