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EINSTEIN AND TASMANIAN TIGERS ACADEMIC HERITAGE IN FLANDERS AND ITS CHALLENGES S. Leenknegt, D. Segers, I. Rotthier, G. Van Paemel, F. Scheelings, T. Noordermeer Ghent University KU Leuven University of Antwerp Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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EINSTEIN AND TASMANIAN TIGERS
ACADEMIC HERITAGE IN FLANDERS AND ITS CHALLENGES
S. Leenknegt, D. Segers, I. Rotthier,
G. Van Paemel, F. Scheelings, T. Noordermeer
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Interuniversity Platform for Academic Heritage Ghent University Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Antwerp KU Leuven
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Interuniversity Platform for Academic Heritage
Begun in 2007
Started with 4 members (1 of each
university)
SAE as example
Project funding from Flemish
Government
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Aims of Platform
Gain an overview of academic heritage (AH)
in Flanders
Make university boards aware of the
necessity of policies on AH
Design long-term strategies for professional
collection management of AH
Gain and exchange expertise
Make AH known to broader audience
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Funded project: Balans en Perspectief
Phase I (2011 – 2012):
Screening of universities of Leuven, Ghent,
Antwerp and Brussels
100 collections described
Estimated amount over 1.000.000 objects
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Academic Heritage in Flanders
Collection management ≠ core business
54 of 100 collections have no inventories
→ Only 17 digital inventories
3 of 100 collections (partially) digitized
Many collections lack any form of policy
Conservation problems
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Report published soon: Balans en Perspectief. Academisch Erfgoed in Vlaanderen
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Balans en Perspectief Aims of phase II (2013-2014)
→ Screen other institutes for higher education for AH
→ 8 colleges already contacted → 20 new collections ‘discovered’
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Aims of phase II
→ Create stories about extraordinary / rare / significant objects and collections
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Aims of phase II
→ Research on how to create an online portal for AH
Database with digitized objects + stories on
special objects/collections
Report with results of research
→ Public event to present results of project
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A future for academic heritage
→ Consolidate results of the project → Gear collection management to one another → Making inventories and digitization is key
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A future for academic heritage
→ From project basis to regular basis → Integrate initiatives for AH into policy: → at the level of universities → at the level of Flanders
