Communication Accommodation Theory Kaylyn Benton.pptx
Presentation PAH - Einstein and Tasmanian Tigers
1. EINSTEIN AND TASMANIAN TIGERS
ACADEMIC HERITAGE IN FLANDERS AND
ITS CHALLENGES
S. Leenknegt, D. Segers, I. Rotthier,
G. Van Paemel, F. Scheelings, T. Noordermeer
2. Interuniversity Platform for Academic Heritage
Ghent University
Vrije Universiteit BrusselUniversity of Antwerp
KU Leuven
3. Interuniversity Platform for
Academic Heritage
• Begun in 2007
• Started with 4 members (1 of each
university)
• SAE as example
• Project funding from Flemish
Government
4. 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
5. Funded project: Balans en Perspectief
Phase I (2011 – 2012):
• Screening of universities of
Leuven, Ghent, Antwerp and Brussels
• 100 collections described
• Estimated amount over 1.000.000 objects
7. Academic Heritage in Flanders
• Collection management ≠ core business
• 54 of 100 collections have inventories
→ Only 14 digital inventories
• 3 of 100 collections (partially) digitized
• Many collections lack any form of policy
• Conservation problems
9. Balans en Perspectief
Aims of phase II (2013-2014)
→ Screen other institutes for higher
education for AH
→ 8 colleges already contacted
→ 20 new collections ‘discovered’
10. Aims of phase II
→ Create stories about
extraordinary / rare /
significant objects
and collections
12. Aims of phase II
→ Research on how to create an online
portal for AH
• Database with digitized objects + stories on
special objects/collections
• Report with results of research
→ Public event to present results of project
13. A future for academic heritage
→ Consolidate results of the project
→ Gear collection management to one
another
→ Making inventories and digitization is key
14. A future for academic heritage
→ From project basis to regular basis
→ Integrate initiatives for AH into policy:
→ at the level of universities
→ at the level of Flanders