Cultural Heritage

This presentation provides an introduction to Cultural Heritage data at the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) and in particular introduces the Linked Data-related projects BELTRANS and MetaBelgica. It was given to students of the postgraduate programme in Heritage and Society (Postgraduaat Erfgoed en samenleving) at the University of Ghent.

The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) has launched the BESOCIAL project, a two-year project that aims to set up a sustainable strategy for archiving and preserving social media in Belgium. The challenge is equally complex as the data: social media are challenging from the point of view of conservation, preservation and accessibility. This is due to their uniqueness and ephemeral nature in particular.