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Content:
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Heritage institutions have
been digitizing collections since the 1970s, what are the results?
Data from the European survey ENUMERATE
show that, 40 years later, heritage institutions (museums, libraries, archives and audio visual collections) have digitized about 20% of their collections and have a yearly expenditure of €39,000
towards digital activities
(in 2012). Dutch archives
reported 12% of collections
been digitized at catalogue level and 8% included an image. Only 67% of archive collections were reported as expected to be digitized, the rest is not considered relevant for investment. The methodology to evaluate such performance is being developed and a limited analysis of the data has been made to date (see ENUMERATE.eu).
This paper will look
at the data from archives, to zoom-in further to the Dutch archival experience, to analyze
digital activities as new
services for the public and as new sources of additional resources. Data from the ENUMERATE survey (2012
and 2013) will be complemented
with other national data sets available
to make a detail analysis for the case of the Netherlands.
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Scientific contribution:
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An analysis of the last EU collected data on production, consumption and
costs, to shed light in the
potential measure to inform policy making.
This paper will look
at the data from archives, to zoom-in further to the Dutch archival experience, to analyze
digital activities as new
services for the public and as new sources of additional resources. Data from the ENUMERATE survey (2012
and 2013) will be complemented
with other national data sets available
to make a detail analysis for the case of the Netherlands.
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