Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage

Explore Xiamen's way of cultural heritage protection

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Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Humanities, Articles, Cultural studies, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Cultural heritage, Traditions, Xiamen, Traditional knowledge, Protection, Intangible cultural heritage, Cultural property protection in Poland

At the same time, a healthy mechanism for heritage protection and management was established and a series of protection measures were introduced to ensure the sustainable development of the island.

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  • At the same time, a healthy mechanism for heritage protection and management was established and a series of protection measures were introduced to ensure the sustainable development of the island.
  • The city has a total of 89 intangible cultural heritage items at the municipal level and above.
  • In June 2020, Xiamen carried out a measure on the protection and development of Minnan culture, which is the first regulation directed at local cultural protection in China.
  • Ke stressed that Xiamen will continue optimizing its efforts to protect its historical and cultural heritage and seeking tailored solutions to better use these resources.

LIBNOVA working on a €4.8M digital preservation research project

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Digital preservation, Museology, Archival science, Humanities, Information science, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Collections care, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, Open Archival Information System, Preservation

Research results must be safeguarded for the future, and that is precisely what digital preservation ensures.

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  • Research results must be safeguarded for the future, and that is precisely what digital preservation ensures.
  • LIBNOVA, a world leader in Digital Preservation Solutions, will use LABDRIVE, an innovative digital archiving and preservation solution being developed for the ARCHIVER Project, to empower research organizations to preserve their content more easily and efficiently and to manage their collections of scientific data of several Petabytes.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the LIBNOVA Consortium are working together to ensure the scalability that next-generation digital preservation solutions require.
  • Year after year, LIBNOVA has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in digital preservation, incorporating innovations thatempower the organizations to preserve their content in an easier and more efficient way.The LIBSAFE platform covers several Digital Preservation needs and is an advanced OAIS-aligned digital preservation software.

LIBNOVA working on a €4.8M digital preservation research project

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Thursday, July 8, 2021
Digital preservation, Museology, Archival science, Humanities, Information science, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Collections care, Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems, Open Archival Information System, Preservation

Research results must be safeguarded for the future, and that is precisely what digital preservation ensures.

Key Points: 
  • Research results must be safeguarded for the future, and that is precisely what digital preservation ensures.
  • LIBNOVA, a world leader in Digital Preservation Solutions, will use LABDRIVE, an innovative digital archiving and preservation solution being developed for the ARCHIVER Project, to empower research organizations to preserve their content more easily and efficiently and to manage their collections of scientific data of several Petabytes.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the LIBNOVA Consortium are working together to ensure the scalability that next-generation digital preservation solutions require.
  • Year after year, LIBNOVA has been pushing the boundaries of what is possible in digital preservation, incorporating innovations thatempower the organizations to preserve their content in an easier and more efficient way.The LIBSAFE platform covers several Digital Preservation needs and is an advanced OAIS-aligned digital preservation software.

Telling Hainan's history for 100 years with 22 meters of heritage

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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Cultural studies, Songs, Humanities, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Traditions, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Cultural anthropology, Intangible cultural heritage, Traditional knowledge, Haitao, Papercut, Guqin

Because besides its unique charm, the art is an intangible cultural heritage of China.

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  • Because besides its unique charm, the art is an intangible cultural heritage of China.
  • It took the group a month to create the masterpiece in the traditional red and white colors.
  • "It's the longest papercut work I've ever done and also the most challenging," said Huang Haitao, who has nearly 20 years of experience.
  • She described how she worked on her part of the scroll sitting at a long table in her studio.

Telling Hainan's history for 100 years with 22 meters of heritage

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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Cultural studies, Songs, Humanities, Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, Traditions, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Cultural anthropology, Intangible cultural heritage, Traditional knowledge, Haitao, Papercut, Guqin

Because besides its unique charm, the art is an intangible cultural heritage of China.

Key Points: 
  • Because besides its unique charm, the art is an intangible cultural heritage of China.
  • It took the group a month to create the masterpiece in the traditional red and white colors.
  • "It's the longest papercut work I've ever done and also the most challenging," said Huang Haitao, who has nearly 20 years of experience.
  • She described how she worked on her part of the scroll sitting at a long table in her studio.

Kofile Acquires DPS (Data Preservation Solutions, Inc.)

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Monday, June 28, 2021
Museology, Humanities, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Digital preservation, Cultural studies, Index, Archival science, Collections care, Preservation, Digitization, Search engine indexing

DPS products and services will be combined with Kofile Services , the business line of Kofile dedicated to preservation, imaging and indexing of records and data for local governments.

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  • DPS products and services will be combined with Kofile Services , the business line of Kofile dedicated to preservation, imaging and indexing of records and data for local governments.
  • "The next twenty years will be the most important time in the history of document preservation and access," says Michael Crosno, CEO of Kofile.
  • "In evaluating Kofile, we found a new management team that has re-committed the organization to putting the customer first in everything they do," said Brian Rathe, owner and president of DPS.
  • As the foremost expert in document preservation, digitization, and indexing, Kofile makes government records accessible, with 225+ million documents digitally stored and secured.

CurrencyWorks and Barrett-Jackson set to Revolutionize Automotive Memorabilia Market with Motoclub.io Platform

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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Humanities, Cultural studies, Collecting, Non-fungible token, Barrett-Jackson, Barrett, Collectable

Motoclub, powered by CurrencyWorks, the premier digital collectibles marketplace for car enthusiasts, launched its first NFT series one week ago - The Barrett-Jackson Prestige Collection.

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  • Motoclub, powered by CurrencyWorks, the premier digital collectibles marketplace for car enthusiasts, launched its first NFT series one week ago - The Barrett-Jackson Prestige Collection.
  • This exclusive set of digital collectibles features four historic vehicles that crossed the block at the 2021 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in March.
  • Reception from car enthusiasts toward this new way of collecting automotive memorabilia has been overwhelmingly positive, with the number of people joining Motoclub in its first week exceeding all expectations.
  • Motoclub is intending to revolutionize the automotive memorabilia market with its unique SparkNFTs, offering an experience that collectors can only appreciate through the content we are offering.

Motoclub Set to Revolutionize Automotive Memorabilia Market with SparkNFT

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Thursday, June 17, 2021
Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Humanities, Cultural studies, Collecting, Non-fungible token, Barrett-Jackson, Barrett, Collectable

Motoclub, the premier digital collectibles marketplace for car enthusiasts, launched its first NFT series one week ago - The Barrett-Jackson Prestige Collection.

Key Points: 
  • Motoclub, the premier digital collectibles marketplace for car enthusiasts, launched its first NFT series one week ago - The Barrett-Jackson Prestige Collection.
  • This exclusive set of digital collectibles features four historic vehicles that crossed the block at the 2021 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in March.
  • Reception from car enthusiasts toward this new way of collecting automotive memorabilia has been overwhelmingly positive, with the number of people joining Motoclub in its first week exceeding all expectations.
  • Motoclub is intending to revolutionize the automotive memorabilia market with its unique SparkNFTs, offering an experience that collectors can only appreciate through the content we are offering.

Getty Images and Stand Together Announce Inaugural Grant to Preserve HBCU's Historical Archives

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Monday, June 14, 2021
Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Information science, Museology, Digital preservation, Records management, Data transmission, Digitization, Historically black colleges and universities, Preservation

The Grants will commit $500,000 towards the digitization of two HBCU's photographic archives, including the digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per Grant recipient.

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  • The Grants will commit $500,000 towards the digitization of two HBCU's photographic archives, including the digitization of up to 100,000 archival assets per Grant recipient.
  • Included in the Grant will be opportunities to also apply metadata and licensing opportunities for the winning HBCU's existing digitized libraries.
  • Grant judge, Aba Blankson, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, NAACP said "Black history is American history.
  • The Getty Images Photo Archive Grants for HBCUs is an essential part of the on-going documentation and preservation of Black images at HBCUs."

Moviebook Enables Digital Promotion and Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage with Video AI and ADT

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Friday, June 11, 2021
Cultural studies, Humanities, Traditions, Traditional knowledge, Articles, Cultural heritage, Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, Cultural anthropology, Intangible cultural heritage

Moviebook pioneers a model of applying digital technologies to the preservation, promotion and transmission of intangible cultural heritage.

Key Points: 
  • Moviebook pioneers a model of applying digital technologies to the preservation, promotion and transmission of intangible cultural heritage.
  • This helps to showcase the charm of these items and further popularize intangible cultural heritage.
  • We are also opening up new possibilities of monetizing intangible cultural heritage merchandise so as to unleash the untapped commercial potential of intangible cultural heritage."
  • By applying AI technologies to videos, Moviebook is pioneering a wide variety of application scenarios for intelligent video production technologies.