Three libraries in the North‐East of France are collaborating in the creation of an archive of digitised images that simultaneously preserves and extends access to the region's…
Abstract
Three libraries in the North‐East of France are collaborating in the creation of an archive of digitised images that simultaneously preserves and extends access to the region's iconographic heritage. Images are scanned and stored in the Phrasea multimedia DBMS, along with iconographic and geo‐historical indexing data applied using specially‐elaborated thesauri. The public success of the system has prompted its developers to consider implementing novel user‐interaction metaphors.