15 June 201017th LIBER-GdC Conference Topographic Memory Digitising 14,000 topographical prints and drawings

15 June 2010 17th LIBER-GdC Conference

Topographic Memory

Digitising 14,000 topographical prints and drawings


Set up

□ Memory of the Netherlands□ Dutch topography in Leiden University Library□ Project organisation□ Preservation□ Description□ Digitisation□ Online consulting


Memory of the Netherlands

http://www.memoryofthenetherlands.nl



Atlas van der Hagen(Royal Library, The Hague)& Atlas Beudeker(British Library, London)



Atlas van Loon& Zee-Fakkel byJohannes van Keulen(Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam)


Dutch topography in Leiden

Johannes TiberiusBodel Nijenhuis(1797-1872)



□ Collection Bodel Nijenhuis□ ca. 10,000 topographical prints□ ca. 1,500 topographical drawings

□ Collection Leiden Print Room□ ca. 1,200 topographical prints□ ca. 800 topographical drawings

□ In total: ca. 14,500 images





Abbey of Egmond, water-colour, c. 1725Collection Bodel Nijenhuis, P 303-III N 12



View of Amsterdam,

N. VisscherCollection Bodel

Nijenhuis, Port 321 N 162



Landscape near Haarlem,

drawingCollection

Print Room



Lithograph of Slot Zeist (from a series

of estates in the province of Utrecht),

1829Collection Print

Room


Project management

□ Project manager□ Coordinator Print Room collection□ Manager digitisation projects Special Collections□ Restorer□ Interns□ Contact person Memory of the Netherlands


Preservation


Preservation


Description


Description


Description


Description


Digitisation

Scanner CameraOne-Shot


Online consulting

http://disc.leidenuniv.nl


State of the art

□ All topographical prints and drawings are digitised□ Last descriptions are made

□ Different database files have to be combined□ Checking descriptions□ Delivering images and metadata to Memory’s project

bureau□ Organising an exhibition


Thank you for your attention!

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15 June 201017th LIBER-GdC Conference Topographic Memory Digitising 14,000 topographical prints and drawings