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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
Ghent University KU Leuven University of Antwerp Vrije Universiteit Brussel Interuniversity Platform forAcademic Heritage
Interuniversity Platform forAcademic Heritage • Begun in 2007 • Startedwith 4 members (1 of eachuniversity) • SAE as example • Project fundingfromFlemishGovernment
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
Funded project: Balans en Perspectief Phase I (2011 – 2012): • Screening of universities of Leuven, Ghent, Antwerpand Brussels • 100 collectionsdescribed • Estimatedamount over 1.000.000 objects
Academic Heritage in Flanders • Collection management ≠ core business • 54 of 100 collections have inventories • Only14 digital inventories • 3 of 100 collections (partially) digitized • Manycollectionslackany form of policy • Conservationproblems
Report publishedsoon:Balans en Perspectief. Academisch Erfgoed in Vlaanderen
Balans en PerspectiefAims of phase II (2013-2014) • Screen otherinstitutesforhighereducationfor AH • 8 colleges alreadycontacted • 20 new collections ‘discovered’
Aims of phase II • Createstoriesaboutextraordinary / rare / significant objectsandcollections
Aims of phase II • Research on howtocreatean online portal for AH • Database withdigitizedobjects + stories on special objects/collections • Report withresults of research • Public event to present results of project
A futureforacademicheritage • Consolidateresults of the project • Gear collection managementtooneanother • Making inventoriesanddigitization is key
A futureforacademicheritage • Fromproject basis toregular basis • IntegrateinitiativesforAH intopolicy: • at the level of universities • at the level of Flanders
www.academischerfgoed.be http://academischerfgoed.be/in-english