Einstein and Tasmanian Tigers academic heritage in Flanders and its challenges
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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
BrusselUniversity 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 inventories
→ Only 14 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 PerspectiefAims 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
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