A short overview of sources of information. Yes, I admit it… it has become a somewhat strange mixture but who knows – maybe it helps a bit in finding your way:
“Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland (DEN) – or Digital Heritage Netherlands – is the national clearing house for ICT and cultural heritage. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs and Science, DEN collects and distributes knowledge about ICT standards and other quality instruments. This way, the cultural heritage field will be able to build a national Digital Heritage Collection, in a professional, future-proof, and public-oriented manner.” Languages: Dutch and English
WordPress blog ‘Erfgoed 2.0‘ is an initiative of Theo Meereboer and some students of the institute ‘Media en Informatie Management’ (Hogeschool van Amsterdam) and the Reinwardt Academy (Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten). They aim to explore what eCulture means and how it can contribute to the cultural heritage sector at large. Students, teachers and professionals are invited to share their thoughts – something they do very successfully. Language: Dutch
The National Library of The Netherlands (KB) publishes interesting information both in Dutch and in English. For instance check out the ‘Management Summary of the National Library of The Netherlands’ and keep up to date via their news archive.
You can also find information via The Nationaal Archief (National Archives). This page may form a nice start: http://www.en.nationaalarchief.nl/archiefbeheer/introductie/
Last but not least, check out this overview of projects (in English) that run via computer science research programme CATCH, Continuous Access to Cultural Heritage. This NWO-funded program “aims
to provide new solutions for the problems of accessing and using digital
collections.” NWO stands for ‘The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research’.
PS:
The RijksMuseum has developed a very nice widget entitled ‘Rijkswidget’. It shows a different work from the collection every day. Very easy to install, especially on iGoogle and Netvibes. You can get it via http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/widget?lang=en
Please leave a comment if you think an important source of information is missing here…
