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Presenting the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI)

Learn about EHRI project's aim to support Holocaust research by integrating archival collections into an online portal. Discover how EHRI tackles challenges in collecting, integrating, and sustaining metadata from diverse sources.

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Presenting the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI)

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  1. Presenting the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) Charlotte Hauwaert EHRI Data Integration Manager & project assistantcoordinator Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Society (CEGESOMA), Mechelen - Belgium CONNECTING COLLECTIONS

  2. Welcome • General Introduction (Facts, Aims, Why?, EHRI Consortium) • EHRI Portal • Data Integration into the EHRI portal • Selection, import • Challenges • Solutions • Different ways of importing into the portal: • OAI-PMH • EAD Conversion Tool (ECT) • Metadata Publishing Tool (MPT) • Manual import • Example: Kazerne Dossin

  3. EHRI Facts EHRI-1 • October 2010 - March 2015 (54 months) • ~ EUR 7 mio funding through EU 7th Framework Programme • 20 partners (research institutions, libraries, archives, and museums) EHRI-2 • May 2015 – April 2019 (48 months) • ~ EUR 8 mio funding through EU Horizon 2020 Programme • 24 partners (research institutions, libraries, archives, and museums) Coordinator: NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Amsterdam

  4. EHRI Aims • The main objective of EHRI is to • support the Holocaust research • community by • integratinginformation on keyarchival collectionsandinstitutionsinto an online portal • encouragingcollaborative Holocaust researchandinvestigating new methodologies www.ehri-project.eu

  5. Why EHRI? • Fragmentation and dispersal of archival sources • Geographical scope Holocaust • Attempts to destroy the evidence • Migration of Holocaust survivors • Multiplicity documentation projects after the war • Internationalization Holocaust research • Holocaust in Eastern Europe • New levels of collaborative research • New opportunities for digital research

  6. EHRI-2 Partners 24 partner institutions from 17 countries, representing archives, libraries, museums, research institutions & a large network of associated partners

  7. The EHRI Portal (http://portal.ehri-project.eu) Country reports (57 countries) Entry on the individual archive (over 1,800) Individual entries (collections / units) (tens of thousands) EHRI Portal

  8. EHRI Portal - https://portal.ehri-project.eu/

  9. Data Integration in EHRI: Collections • Selection of the right content • Integration of relevant collections

  10. Challenges • Still many archives with databases and/or websites not yet integrated in the EHRI portal • One-time imports are easily outdated (sustainability) • Still a high degree of “hidden archives” (non-digital, and even non-described archival sources)

  11. Solutions • Fullyautomated: OAI-PMH (open source harvesting) • Partiallyautomated: EHRI developed tools to support institutions • Help for EAD creation via EAD Conversion Tool (ECT) • Metadata Publishing Tool (MPT) • Possibility of sustainable connection in hands of institutionitself • Manual input is alwayspossible • EHRI caninvest time intowriting up collectiondescriptionsforarchiveslackingdescriptions or notstatingexplicitlywhat in their holdings is Holocaust relevant • Institutionscanreceive access to the EHRI portal to input descriptionsthemselves

  12. Manual integration via the EHRI portal

  13. EAD Conversion Tool (ECT) • Simple tool: 6 steps • Goals: • Convertsyour metadata into EAD-files • Canbeusedtovalidateyour data to make sureit is in the correct EAD format • Oncethe EAD-files are generatedtheycanbeexported

  14. Metadata Publishing Tool (MPT) • Topublishyour EAD-files in a sustainable way + integrateintothe EHRI portal • Institutionsremain in control of whattheypublish: • Update theirdescriptions at theirowngiven time • To select forpublicationsthe Holocaust-relevant descriptions • Wheneveritsuitstheinstitution • The MPT publishesthe metadata on theinstitutions’ own webserver • Byprocuringthe weblink to EHRI, EHRI canthenharvest • The institutionitselfcan in turn harvestits EAD-files fromthe EHRI portal

  15. Integration of collection descriptions

  16. Example: Kazerne Dossin

  17. Example Kazerne Dossin • Positive outcome: • Kazerne Dossin can decide by itself which descriptions to publish • Not constricted to time: publish whenever, where ever • Sustainable connection made: all changes, updates and new data can be added • Encountered difficulties • external technical support (Media Haven): can delay the process as the institution has to confer with it • Help from EHRI itself • By checking for valid EAD once EAD-files are created • Always giving assistance on technical questions • MPT: checking if all is well published before harvesting

  18. How to determine which scenario is right for you?

  19. More information: • https://ehri-project.eu/ehri-for-institutions • Gives you insight on all the tools • All manuals and tutorials at your disposal • Slideshow to help you step by step in using all the tools • You may always contact EHRI for more information

  20. Stay informed and connect to the EHRI project Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: • https://www.facebook.com/EHRIproject/ • https://twitter.com/EHRIproject?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

  21. EHRI Project Website - https://www.ehri-project.eu 20 workshops, 3 conferences, 10 peer-reviewed publications, > 60 conference presentations

  22. NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (NL) CEGESOMA Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society (BE) Jewish Museum in Prague (CZ) Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich (DE) YAD VASHEM The Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority (IL) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USA) Bundesarchiv (DE) The Wiener Library Institute for the Study of the Holocaust & Genocide (UK) Holocaust Documentation Centre (SK) Polish Center for Holocaust Research (PL) The Jewish Museum of Greece (GR) Jewish Historical Institute (PL) King’s College London (UK) Ontotext AD (BG) Elie Wiesel National Institute for the Study of Holocaust in Romania (RO) DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services (NL) Shoah Memorial, Museum, Center for Contemporary Jewish Documentation (FR) ITS International Tracing Service (DE) Hungarian Jewish Archives (HU) INRIA Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (FR) Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum (LT) VWI Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (AT) Foundation Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center (IT) Kazerne Dossin: Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights (BE) EHRI is funded by the European Union CONNECTING KNOWLEDGE

  23. Q & A

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