The GIVE-project is a digitisation effort of impressive proportions: over 800.000 newspaper pages, masterpieces and glass plate photographs were digitised and sustainably preserved. With the help of artificial intelligence, over 130 collections with audio and video received more accurate descriptions, making them more searchable. Impressive results, but the project also initiated intensive cooperation between heritage organisations, experts, technical professionals and more.
In this article, we put the spotlight on the people behind the project. This time, we asked our 10 questions to Frederik Vandewiere, Registrar expert at the Ypres Museums.
The GIVE-project is a digitisation effort of impressive proportions: over 800.000 newspaper pages, masterpieces and glass plate photographs were digitised and sustainably preserved. With the help of artificial intelligence, over 130 collections with audio and video received more accurate descriptions, making them more searchable. Impressive results, but the project also initiated intensive cooperation between heritage organisations, experts, technical professionals and more.
In this article, we put the spotlight on the people behind the project. This time, we asked our 10 questions to Matthias Priem, Archiving Manager at meemoo.
The GIVE-project is a digitisation effort of impressive proportions: over 800.000 newspaper pages, masterpieces and glass plate photographs were digitised and sustainably preserved. With the help of artificial intelligence, over 130 collections with audio and video received more accurate descriptions, making them more searchable. Impressive results, but the project also initiated intensive cooperation between heritage organisations, experts, technical professionals and more.
In this article, we put the spotlight on the people behind the project. This time, we asked our 10 questions to Peter Vanden Berghe, AI architect at Ordina.
Totindetail.be is a treasure trove for readers, listeners and viewers alike. With podcasts, long reads and a vast selection of digitised content from the GIVE project, there’s something for everyone. And that’s not all. The digitised material will now also be making its way to our partners’ websites and platforms, as well as to other meemoo platforms. Leading the way is artinflanders.be, where dozens of the digitised masterpieces are already available, nestled among over 22,000 images of art, heritage and masterpieces that were already there!
More than 800,000 newspapers, glass plates and masterpieces are now digitally accessible for the first time thanks to the GIVE project. Curious about the results? Admire a selection of heritage gems up close.
What do a sixteenth-century manuscript, a glass plate photo of Flemish singer and television presenter Willy Sommers, and an edition of decorated German author Ernst Jünger’s renowned book ‘De Arbeider’ have in common? Well, until recently, none of these important heritage objects were available digitally. Now, however, they have all been digitised along with thousands of others – thanks to the project: Gecoördineerd Initiatief voor Vlaamse Erfgoeddigitalisering - GIVE (Coordinated Initiative for Heritage Digitisation). This is important work, because what better way to understand the present than by exploring the past?
Major works by Rubens, lavishly illustrated manuscripts, 16th century wooden sculptures and long-lost sheet music: Flemish masterpieces are extraordinary heritage objects with special value for Flanders. From coastal cities to Limburg heathlands, and from abbey to archive repository, the diverse range of masterpieces is scattered throughout Flanders and not always easy to visit and admire. To ensure that everyone can discover them, and to (digitally) preserve them for the future, meemoo, the Flemish Institute for Archives, therefore launched a catch-up initiative.
Newspapers are an invaluable source of knowledge. Their weekly or even daily overviews provide a better understanding of the past and the present. There are numerous newspapers available in paper form in Flanders, spread across various archives and libraries. But finding exactly what you’re looking for is not always an easy task! So, what if you could bring together thousands and thousands of printed newspapers and convert them on a large scale into a digital and searchable version? That's precisely what meemoo and Flanders Heritage Library, together with eight partners, are aiming to achieve.