Volunteers, fellows and interns contribute to ICCROM’s mission
ICCROM headquarters was a full house in April, May and June – we have been happy hosts of fellows, interns and volunteers from across the globe.
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property Sustaining Digital Heritage News
Visit from scholars from the University of Basel, Switzerland
On 5 June 2023, ICCROM welcomed Dr Peter Fornaro and Dr Vera Chiquet, experts in the fields of Digital Humanities and Digital Cultural Heritage from the University of Basel. During their visit, they were introduced to ICCROM's new initiative, Sustaining Digital Heritage, presented by Aparna Tandon, Senior Programme Leader of First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis and...
Be a learning partner and join the Sustaining Digital Heritage programme
Do you work for a cultural institution seeking to improve its management strategy for digital heritage? Do you want to design digital operations which deliver value while responding to the needs of your users and stakeholders? Do you wish to learn how to communicate effectively with technologists and demonstrate impact to decision-makers? Become a learning partner of the Sustaining Digital...
ICCROM Member State Induction Briefing 2023
On 20 March 2023, ICCROM convened its second annual informational meeting, attended by representatives of our Member States and permanent observers from all regions of the world.
The Digital Story Circle – ICCROM’s first workshop on telling and preserving heritage stories in the digital realm
From 9-11 January 2023, ICCROM’s newest programme, Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH), conducted its first workshop on digital storytelling – The Digital Story Circle: Telling and Preserving Heritage Stories in the Digital Realm. This three-day virtual workshop provided participants with tools and resources to digitally bring heritage communities’ and cultural bearers’ stories to life.
The Sustainability Test: A Self-Assessment Tool for Evaluating Digital Sustainability is now available!
When was the last time you backed up your digital photos and videos? Would they be accessible fifty years from now? We release the simple, free tool, The Sustainability Test: A Self-Assessment Tool for Evaluating Digital Sustainability to help you identify where you are in your sustainability journey. It is ideal for organizations managing digital collections that would like to know if their...
Call for applications - Digital Storytelling Workshop
If you are interested in digital storytelling for heritage, engaging new audiences and sustaining such stories in the digital realm, apply online to participate in our upcoming workshop, The Digital Story Circle: Telling and Preserving Heritage Stories in the Digital Realm.
Sustaining Digital Heritage, a human-centered capacity development initiative
The Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH) programme is ICCROM’s newest initiative and aims to connect knowledge from diverse fields to make technologies accessible for capturing the potential of heritage in the digital realm. The 18 July virtual kick-off of this new initiative was a great success, with more than 500 registrations from 107 countries.
ICCROM launches Sustaining Digital Heritage Initiative
Contrary to popular belief, digital data can be vulnerable. Specific skills and knowledge are required to ensure the continued accessibility of born-digital and digitized heritage. Growing volumes of content, as well as proprietary and changing technologies, has made this work more complex.
Tackling this issue, ICCROM – known worldwide for its pioneering research and capacity development in the field of heritage conservation – will launch the Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH) programme: a new initiative to safeguard heritage in the digital domain, created in collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV) and AVP, an information innovation firm based in the United States.
Tackling this issue, ICCROM – known worldwide for its pioneering research and capacity development in the field of heritage conservation – will launch the Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH) programme: a new initiative to safeguard heritage in the digital domain, created in collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV) and AVP, an information innovation firm based in the United States.
The Potential of Heritage in the Digital Realm
In light of the ever-expanding digital world, ICCROM is launching a new programme, Sustaining Digital Heritage (SDH), on 18 July 2022. It will help professionals and institutions overcome the interrelated challenges of long-term digital preservation and providing user-driven open access. SDH will work to develop knowledge, tools and strategies grounded in the real-life experiences of working with...