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Projects

Die gute Form — Good Design

Digitisation and indexing of outstanding photographs on product design 1950-1990 from the collection of the German Design Council (Rat für Formgebung).

Partner: Stiftung Deutsches Design Museum, Rat für Formgebung
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2018-2020
Project management: Jens Bove
Project coordination: Katja Leiskau

Historical company archive Hirschfelde power plant

Digitisation of 11,000 negatives, positives, photo albums and plans.

Partner: Stiftung Kraftwerk Hirschfelde, Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG
Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2019
Project management: Katja Leiskau, Annika-Valeska Walzel

Brück und Sohn

Digitalisation of the negatives of the Publishing House Brück und Sohn at Meißen.

Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2018-2019
Project management: Katja Leiskau

Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen — Saxon Database of Fine Art Works

Build-up of a database on the works of Saxon artists.

Partner: Landesverband Bildende Kunst Sachsen e.V.
Funding: Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art
This project is co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon Landtag.
Duration: 2018-2019
Project management: Jens Bove

Kurt Heine

Digitisation of the photographic estate at the Deutsche Fotothek and at Sorbisches Kulturarchiv des Sorbischen Instituts e. V. Bautzen.

Partner: Sorbisches Institut e. V. Bautzen,
Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2017-2019
Project management: Karolin Bove, Katja Leiskau

Foto Hering

Digitalisation of the negatives of the Lichtbildverlags Hering at Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz).

Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2017-2018
Project management: Katja Leiskau

Historical stock Deutsche Fotothek

Digitisation of 191,000 photographs from the historic holdings of the Deutsche Fotothek.

Sub-projects:

  • High-resolution digitisation of 96,000 picture cards (2015/2016)
  • Redigitisation of 42,500 old negative images based on hand prints in 13 x 18 cm format (2016/2017)
  • Digitisation of 52,500 mounted black-and-white enlargements in 18 x 24 cm format (2016/2017)

Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2016-2017
Project management: Jens Bove

Image archive of the Sorbisches Kultur- und Volksbildungsamt

Digitisation of 4,200 negatives and index cards.

Partner: Sorbisches Institut e. V. Bautzen,
Funding: State Digitization Program for Science and Culture of the Free State of Saxony
Duration: 2016-2020
Project management: Annika-Valeska Walzel

Weltsichten — Worldviews

Digitisation and indexing of photographic archives of important german explorers.

Partner: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2015-2017
Project management: Jens Bove
Project coordination: Marc Rohrmüller, Marco Kliewer

Archiv der Fotografen — Archive of Photographers

Preservation and activation of photographic works and estates.

Partner: Stiftung F.C. Gundlach and other institutions
Duration: Permanent project, since 2012
Project management: Jens Bove, Sebastian Lux

Kartenforum — Map Forum

Digitisation and indexing of historical maps and vedutas of the SLUB Dresden and other institutions.

Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2009-201
Project management: Jens Bove

arthistoricum.net — Specialised Information Service for Art, Photography and Design

Development of tailor-made services for the art historical community: acquisition according to demand, extending the subject-specific information structure of arthistoricum.net, electronic publishing in Open Access, digitisation of media relevant to art history, bibliographic services and provision of standardised data for the scientific community.

Partner: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2017-2019 (established 2012)
Project management: Jens Bove (Dresden), Maria Effinger (Heidelberg)
Project coordination: Simone Fleischer

Architectural and engineering drawings of the German Renaissance

Digitisation and scientific indexing of the drawings from 1500 - 1650.

Partner: Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität zu Köln, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2009-2010
Project management: Jens Bove
Project coordination: Marc Rohrmüller

Exemplary Preservation of German Visual History 1945 - 1960

Digitisation and indexing of the estates Hildegard Jäckel, Abraham Pisarek, Richard Peter senior, Roger und Renate Rössing.

Funding: Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Kulturstiftung der Länder. Gefördert im KUR-Programm zur Konservierung und Restaurierung von mobilem Kulturgut.
Duration: 2008-2010
Project management: Jens Bove

Illustrations on the history of technology from 16th and 17th century prints

Digital collection of sources on the history of technology: Prints of the 16th and 17th century.

Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2007-2008
Project management: Marc Rohrmüller

Brochure collection on transport

Digitisation and indexing of the brochure collection on transport as an outstanding source material on transport.

Funding: Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsprogramm (HWP) der Bund-Länder-Kommission für Bildungsplanung und Forschungsförderung
Duration: 2006-2007
Project management: Jens Bove

Erich Höhne / Erich Pohl

Digitisation and indexing of the Höhne/Pohl press archive as an outstanding source for contemporary historical research and teaching.

Funding: Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsprogramm (HWP) der Bund-Länder-Kommission für Bildungsplanung und Forschungsförderung
Duration: 2005-2006
Project management: Jens Bove
Project coordination: Jens Bove, Marc Rohrmüller

Retroconversion of Microfiche catalogues

Expansion and internationalization of the Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (index of art and architecture) as an instrument of net-based research.

Partner: Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Rheinisches Bildarchiv
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 2004-2008
Project management: Lutz Heusinger, Christian Bracht
Project coordination Dresden: Jens Bove

Christian Borchert

Cataloguing and Internet presentation of the estate of Christian Borchert.

Funding: ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Duration: 2003-2004
Project management: Wolfgang Hesse, Jens Bove
Project coordination: Susanne Gänshirt-Heinemann

Artist Magazines

Electronic edition of the artist magazines of the GDR 1980-1989.

Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Duration: 1997-2000
Project management: Helgard Sauer
Project coordination: Birgit Meißner