KU Leuven Libraries has invested in an integrated approach to strengthen the discoverability and accessibility of physical resources through digital access, thereby supporting and stimulating research, education, and heritage activities. The Digitisation and Enrichment of Collections Service creates, manages, and…
A Story from the Research Trenches: Erasmus+ in Mannheim
As part of our blog series, “Stories from the Research Trenches,” we often invite researchers and colleagues to share their personal experiences. For this installment of the series, we are delighted to have our colleague André Davids from KU Leuven…
Training: “From Paper to Files – How to Efficiently Digitize (Historical) Documents”
Program The Faculty of Arts and KU Leuven Libraries jointly organize a 2-day training (22/11 and 23/11) focusing on “self-made” document digitization for researchers and staff members. Different modules (that can be followed independently from each other) will teach…
Recap: March 2022 DH Virtual Discussion Group
The first meeting of the spring 2022 edition of the DH Virtual Discussion Group for ECRs in Belgium kicked off on Monday 21 March with a presentation from Gianluca Valenti (University of Liège). We had a total of twenty attendees—some…
Seminar Series: Image Processing – KBR Digital Heritage
This spring, the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR) together with ULB, Ugent, VUB, and UCL will continue their Digital Heritage Seminar series. This spring edition will focus on image processing, hosting three speakers who share their experience with digitization and…
Training: Two-Day Workshop with the Portable Light Dome System
On 13-14 December 2021, VIEW, the KU Leuven Core Facility for Heritage Science and Digitisation Technologies, will be organizing a two-day workshop with the Portable Light Dome system. The Portable Light Dome system is a dome-shaped structure allowing the automated capture of objects from a fixed position with varying…