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Digitisation of cultural heritage collections
The DIGARV research programme is hosting a conference in conjunction with the release of the book Digitalisering av kulturarvssamlingar: om forskningsprogrammet
Digarv (in Swedish). Three Nordic researchers have been invited to provide their comments on the book. The book summarises several years of research conducted across 14 different projects.
Date
10 December 2025
Time
12.30–16.30
Place
Stockholm City Museum, Auditorium, Floor 2
Organiser
Supported by the Swedish Research Council, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, and the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
The DIGARV research programme is based on a government mandate. In the Swedish Government’s 2016 Research Bill, the need to support and promote so-called “data-driven research, particularly in the humanities and social sciences,” was highlighted.
In spring 2018 and 2020, the Swedish Research Council, together with Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, announced funding for Research project grant for digitisation and accessibility of cultural heritage collections
The book Digitalisering av kulturarvssamlingar: om forskningsprogrammet
Digarv (in Swedish) will be published in December as a printed edition and will also be openly available online at digarv.se. External link.
Presentations at the conference will be held in English, but subsequent discussions and questions may be conducted in Scandinavian languages.
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