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Digitisation and preservation
Manuscripts, photographs, audio, video and field materials
Non-governmental organization · Ukraine
Cultural heritage preserved for the future
Hereditas works on research, digitisation and digital tools for archives, museums, libraries and research collections
Hereditas Digital Infrastructure
PLATFORM · EUROPE + CAUCASUS
Multilingual catalogue of sources and collections
COLLECTIONS · STUDIO · BRIDGE
Tools for collections, digitisation and data migration
About the organization
Research, preservation and digital work with cultural heritage
European Center for Cultural Heritage Studies Hereditas is a Ukrainian non-governmental organization established to research, document and preserve cultural heritage
We work with archival and field materials, digital collections, publications and tools that can support institutions and researchers
Areas of work
Main areas of Hereditas
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Research
Archival work, field research, folklore, ethnography and cultural heritage
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Digital data and tools
Catalogues, metadata, migration, digitisation and system interoperability
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Publications
Research materials, open resources and publications
Digital infrastructure
Four connected products
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Hereditas Platform
Catalogue of sources and collections across Europe and the Caucasus
Multilingual search, provenance, normalization and data verification
Active dataset Public UI in development
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Hereditas Collections
System for describing and managing archival and ethnographic collections
In development Seeking pilot
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Hereditas Studio
Local tool for digitisation, file control and technical metadata
In development Seeking pilot
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Hereditas Bridge
Import, migration and integration of data from spreadsheets and existing systems
In development Seeking pilot
Hereditas Core
— shared data model, identifiers,
provenance, access and exchange layer
for all Hereditas products
Hereditas Platform
Catalogue of sources across Europe and the Caucasus
Platform collects and normalizes information about books, archives, manuscripts, audio, field materials, digital collections and other research resources
The main focus is folklore, traditional culture and related areas of cultural heritage
Learn more about PlatformPartner pilots
Looking for institutions for practical testing
A pilot can cover a small collection or a single workflow
Collections
Testing description and management of a real collection
Studio
Testing a digitisation workflow on a small set of materials
Bridge
Importing XLSX, CSV or data from an existing information system
Methodological collaboration
Metadata, archival workflows, rights, ethics and interoperability
Current stage
What we are working on now
Platform
Data cleanup, source verification and preparation of the public interface
Institutional products
Development of Collections, Studio and Bridge
Partnerships
Finding the first institutions for test scenarios
Partnership
Open to partnerships with archives, museums, libraries and universities
We are particularly interested in small pilots for Collections, Studio and Bridge
info@ec-hereditas.com Kyiv, Ukraine