Project description

The project “User-oriented restructuring of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek” aims to remodel the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) user experience in line with the needs of the respective target groups, i.e. cultural institutions, the fields of education and science, and the general public.

More than 500 institutions have now provided access to over 40 million cultural objects in the DDB, with more than 14 million of them available in digitised formats. With this project, the DDB aims to fulfil its key purpose of providing constant free public access to German cultural heritage in digital format still more efficiently. The books, archival materials, photographs, sculptures, paintings, musical works, audio files, films and printed music – in short, the objects – will therefore be linked in such a way that all users of this digital cultural heritage will be able to explore it using low-barrier search functions and access it in a user-friendly manner.

Cultural education using needs-oriented formats will play a key role in this context. Editorially created content containing participative elements will translate DDB objects and collections into narratives, while collections will be contextualised and presented in formats that can be experienced. The outcome will be a range of services that are easily received and used and that promote interactive participation and orientation amid the diversity of the collections accessible through the DDB.

Project framework

Funding body

Financed by the Federal Government’s funding programme NEUSTART KULTUR.

Duration

September 2020 to June 2023

Contact

Gerke Dunkhase
g.dunkhase@dnb.de