FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2024

The mass-scale digitisation project Images for the Future project, concluded in 2014, allowed an important part of Dutch audiovisual heritage to be digitised and preserved. The promised land of wide accessibility for the public however could not be reached at that time due to copyright restrictions limiting the re-exposure of our archival treasures.  

Since the EU Copyright Directive introduced mechanisms that allow for out-of-commerce works to be published on cultural heritage portals, unless rights holders opt-out, Sound & Vision started to prepare the potential mass-scale publication of content. However, incomplete, erroneous, or conflicting information complicates the selection of material suitable for public release. Additionally, inconsistent metadata quality and lack of standardization for diverse audiences obstruct efficient and appropriate online publication. In this presentation the audience is invited at Sound & Visions kitchen table to take a closer look at how we analyse collection-assets’ data to establish (i) if they can be labled as an Out of Commerce work, (ii) if they are technically ready for publication and (iii) what metadata changes are potentially needed in order to present them in an understandable way to a wider audience.