1. Digital Humanities: Empowering Visibility of Croatian Cultural Heritage
Why digitize the visual?: the role and significance of the digitization process of Osijek Museum of Fine Arts’ documentary collection of posters
Jelena Mihnjak, head librarian
Manuela Polak, librarian
Department of Cultural Studies, University of Osijek

2. Digitization - a very important part of modern librarianship
Origin of the work - Poster Collection in the Gallery of Fine Arts in Osijek, 1965 – 1975
The poster collection is reactivated
Content posters - multiple interesting
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3. The process of digitization, digitization basic tasks
The purpose of digitization → promotion of extremely valuable content of national and cultural heritage
Necessity of processing, protection and digitization process
Popularization of materials and the creation of new opportunities
The specific aims of the project
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4. Network accessible digitized material
Approaching the documentary collection of posters in a visually interesting and network mode available to a wider range of interested.
Easier use
Bigger and faster availability
Protection from further damage
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5. The collection is not formally established
Therefore, it was necessary to find posters, sort and check other informations
3 PHASES OF THE PROJECT
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
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6. USERS Users od digital version documentary collection of posters
Domestic and international art historians
Artists and professionals in culture
Students, PhD students and other interested
Scientists
Tourists
wider availability of informations about material
easier and faster access to materials
view the entire collection with online search facilities and metadata
use database via smartphones
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DH_EVCCH_Why digitize the visual?: the role and significance of the digitalization process of Osijek Museum of Fine Arts' documentary collection of posters_Mihnjak, Polak

7. PRODUCTS OF PROJECT Organized collection and subcollection
Collection available in a network environment
Formed base on modern and secure platform
Material preserved from damage
Material intended for a wide range of interested
Possibility of connection digitized content from different viewing angles
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DH_EVCCH_Why digitize the visual?: the role and significance of the digitalization process of Osijek Museum of fine arts' documentary collection of posters_Mihnjak, Polak

8. WHY DIGITIZE? Restricting use of originals
Material available to any interested user
Popularization of material at local, regional and national level
Display of rich cultural and artistic content
Inter-institutional scientific, artistic and cultural cooperation
The practical participation of students in the development of informations and a platform for the establishment of digital collections
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9. THE ADDED VALUE OD THE PROJECT
Permanent exhibition MLU
Activities for a cultural institution
Material stored on formed base on modern and secure platform
Relation database S++
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10. CONCLUSION
Aim is to show the role and importance of the process of digitizing documentary collection of posters for users and ultimately, to contribute to creating conditions for further research and study of this kind of material
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11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
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DH_EVCCH_Why digitize the visual?: the role and significance of the digitalization process of Osijek Museum of Fine Arts' documentary collection of posters_Mihnjak, Polak