Images for the Future

In the project, Image for the Future, six organizations save an important part of the audiovisual heritage of the Netherlands through conservation and digitization. The digitized material will be made available to education and to the public as broadly as possible. By contracting expertise and knowledge and by sharing experience, the foundations assist in the renewal the heritage sector.

In the upcoming year the emphasis will lie on the development of services for education and the involvement of end users.

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Milestone: fourteen proposals for digitizing photo collections

Thursday, June 4 at 2 P.M. the deadline for delivering proposals for the digitization of photographic material from the National Archive, the Filmmuseum and the Dutch Institute for Sound and Vision expired. The Tender included over 1.300.000 photographs and negatives. The National Archive called for this European tender.

In the upcoming weeks the proposals will be precisely judged by the parties of the consortium to select the candidate with the best quality-price relation. After a trial period the digitization of an extraordinary part of our cultural heritage will commence.

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