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Digital Heritage Netherlands: 'let’s build together'
This is DEN
The DEN Foundation is the Dutch national ICT knowledge center for cultural heritage.
DEN supports archives, museums and other heritage institutions to improve their digital strategies and services. The sharing of knowledge of and experiences with ICT is a core mission of DEN. Furthermore, DEN encourages the institutions to invest in open technology, to implement ICT-standards and to make use of other tools that contribute to sustainable information services.
DEN maintains a quality assurance system on digital heritage to promote relevant ICT standards and share information on basic and best practices. DEN monitors the achievements of the Dutch heritage institutions and encourages them to participate in innovative projects. DEN organises expert meetings, workshops and conferences to support cross-sectoral co-operation.
DEN is an active partner in national and international heritage and research communities. DEN is a member of the core committee for the technical development of Europeana. DEN also coordinates an EU Special Interest Group on digital heritage statistics.
DEN is sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs and Science.
DEN in brief: leaflet (pdf)
For whom?
Since 1999, DEN works closely with heritage institutions as well as research groups, governmental organisations, branche organisations and other institutions with a supporting role in the cultural sector. DEN’s knowledge is the knowledge of these institutions and vice versa.
DEN leads the way and presents tools to heritage institutions for better ICT practice.
Digital Strategies for Heritage (DISH)
Digital Strategies for Heritage (DISH) is a new bi-annual international conference on digital heritage and the opportunities it offers to cultural organisations. Triggered by changes in society, heritage organisations face many challenges and need to make strategic decisions about their services.
DISH2009 builds on a series of successful national conferences in the Netherlands (2004-2008). The main organisers of the conference are the Netherlands Institute for Heritage and the DEN foundation.
DISH2009 builds on a series of successful national conferences in the Netherlands (2004-2008). The main organisers of the conference are the Netherlands Institute for Heritage and the DEN foundation.
More information at the conference website: www.dish2009.nl
Quality assurance in digitisation of Cultural Heritage in Europe
In the fall of 2007, the Centre of Expertise (HEC) was commissioned by DEN to investigate the current state of affairs regarding quality assurance in relation to the digitisation of cultural heritage in twelve European Union Member States.
Download the full report (pdf)
The Digital Facts Research Project
DEN coordinates 'The Digital Facts' research project. The digitization of Dutch heritage collections will be reviewed in order to develop a mechanism to gather production output and cost related data for analysis.
Business Model Innovation
In 2009 Knowledgeland and the DEN Foundation did a research project into Business Model Innovation for Cultural Heritage. Over 100 Dutch professionals from inside and outside the cultural heritage sector took part in discussions organised during the project. The results are published in a book that is downloadable as pdf below for free. The publication supports managers in cultural institutions to make decisions on their business model(s) and the creation of value through digital services. The book presents four main themes that influence these decisions: Organisation; ICT-infrastructure; Copyright and Revenue Models. The current developments in these area's are discussed and possible solutions are presented.
Download the publication (pdf)
Digitaal Erfgoed Nederland