“Culture and knowledge online” – Launch of Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek series of themed films
Last year the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek launched a series of videos bearing the umbrella title of “Culture and knowledge online”. The short videos will illustrate the breadth and depth of the areas in which the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek is active.
The first video focuses on the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek in its role as host of conferences addressing issues of digitisation and access to cultural heritage in the digital sphere.
The stimulus for the film was provided by the international “Shaping Access! - More Responsibility for Cultural Heritage” conference, which was held from 28th to 29th November 2013 in the Jewish Museum in Berlin and was the first conference to be co-hosted by the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. The General Manager of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Frank Frischmuth, commented: “It’s important for us to be taking part in the ‘Shaping Access’ conference and also to be co-hosting it, since we want to be involved in the discussion, and the organisation of the discussion, surrounding the participation of cultural and scientific institutions in the world of digital technology.”
The first video in the series presents a range of positions in the digitisation dialogue and a series of short statements on the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.
Culture and knowledge online – Digitisation Discourse 01, with statements by: Frank Frischmuth, General Manager of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek, Lizzy Jongma, Data Manager, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Börries von Notz, Managing Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation and since 1st Feb. 2014 Chairman of the Historical Museums Hamburg Foundation, Ranga Yogeshwar, scientific journalist and author, Dr. Paul Klimpel, conference moderator and Head of Culture at iRights.Lab, and Dr. Volker Rodekamp, President of the German Museums Association and Director of the Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig
Detailed documentation of the “Shaping Access! - More Responsibility for Cultural Heritage” conference can be found on www.zugang-gestalten.de.