Digitisation
Akademie der Künste, Berlin © Photo: Erik-Jan Ouwerkerk
Digitization
Digitising the Literature Archive’s analogue inventories and finding aids
The Archives of the Akademie der Künste has digitised inventories and finding aids dating from between 1950 and 1996 for the personal papers of 33 authors. Now, online users can browse and search for information in a total of 57 inventories (inventories for some holdings comprise several volumes) with over 21,000 individual items.
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Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Digitization
Retroconversion of the Art Collection’s card inventory
For decades, index cards listing individual art works as well as bundles of papers (portfolios, etc.) were the primary finding aid for Art Collection staff and visitors. To facilitate the digital indexing of the holdings, an external service was commissioned to scan the pre-sorted index cards.
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