Q3 2024
completedDigitisation standards package developed — 600 DPI resolution, archival OCR, GIS mapping of objects
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I·01Phase: Preparation❦Culture◇Digitisation
Digital Local History
Local-heritage digitisation programme
Recruiting partner municipalities for the first round of deployments
Problem
Parish, municipal and private archives hold tens of thousands of photographs and documents that today's residents cannot access. The originals age — and some disappear irrecoverably.
Approach
High-resolution digitisation, OCR for archival handwriting, automatic metadata generation, GIS mapping of objects and events. A public repository with semantic search powered by locally hosted AI models.
Specifications
Target throughput
up to 1,200 scans/day
Resolution
600 DPI
Implementation time
3 months
Technology stack
Archival OCRGISSemantic searchLinux on-premise
What is already done·Facts
Concrete milestones already delivered
Q1 2025
completedInitial working consultations with partner municipalities and parishes
Q3 2025
completedPilot validation of the methodology on local historical collections
Roadmap
Milestones of the initiative
Q2 2026
Finalising archival standards and the deployment kit
Q3 2026
Recruitment of 3 pilot municipalities
Q4 2026
First public repository online
2027
Reference package ready for replication in further municipalities
Partners we are looking for
Who we want to work with
Rural and urban-rural municipalities
up to 50,000 residents
Parishes holding sacramental registers
19th-century and earlier collections
Local historical associations
Heritage societies and history circles
State archives
National Digital Archives (NAC), regional archives
Who this is for
Municipalities, parishes, local associations, archives
Get involved
Your institution could be the first.
First partners co-create the initiative through feedback and tests. They receive full support from the foundation's team at pilot pricing, and their contribution feeds into the public reference package.
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