DIGITISATION COMPETENCE CENTRE 
FORM FOR NOMINATION

This is the form for the nomination of a competence centre in digitisation.
Please, send a form for each different competence centre.
Each competence centre can be “nominated” for more than one area.

Send the form/forms to the attention of Maria Teresa Natale by e-mail to minerva2@beniculturali.it or by fax to +390667232499.

The form will be submitted to the National representative for approval.

English must be used.

NAME AND ACRONYM OF THE COMPETENCE CENTRE:

Maerlant Center

URL:
http://www.maerlant.be

AREAS for nominations of the 'competence centre' 

•	Consulting, collection management
•	Digitisation of manuscripts
•	Digitisation of museum collections
•	Digitisation of photographic objects
•	Multimedia
•	Virtual exhibitions
•	Other : e-learning on Cultural Heritage, visual literacy and media literacy skills education

RESPONSIBLE BODY AND/OR ANY SPECIFIC 
CO-ORDINATING BODY/MECHANISM/INSTITUTION

Name of the institution: Maerlant Centrum

English name of the institution: Maerlant Center

Acronym of the institution: 

Mailing address: Maerlant Centrum, K.U.Leuven Faculty of Arts, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven

Country: Belgium

Tel.: +32/16/32.50.75

Fax: +32/16/32.47.13

e-mail: info@maerlant.be

URL: http://www.maerlant.be

Type of institution:  x Other   Specify: University

Sector:  x Other   Specify: Education

Legal status: x Public 

Description of the institution (max 200 characters):

Founded in 1999 and based at the University of Leuven, Maerlant Center boasts expertise in web publishing, digitization, digital publication of historical sources for scientific and educational purposes, trans-European collaboration, and designing systems for Open and Distance Learning in universities.

Maerlant Center has published nine multilingual CD-roms on historical subjects for classroom use and for a broader audience. It has designed and published --and currently maintains-- several large websites and has played a key role in the technical development of four e-learning platforms for the University of Leuven and other educational institutions.

CONTACT PERSON OF THE COMPETENCE CENTRE

1.
Name: Sara     Surname: Roegiers
Gender:   x F
Title: Miss
Institution: Maerlant Centrum
Mailing address: Maerlant Centrum, K.U.Leuven Faculty of Arts, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven
Country: Belgium
Tel.:  +32/16/32.50.75
Fax: +32/16/32.47.13
e-mail: Sara.Roegiers@arts.kuleuven.ac.be
Contact languages: Dutch, English, and French

2.
Name: Frederik     Surname: Truyen
Gender:   x M
Title: Prof. dr.
Institution: Maerlant Centrum
Mailing address: Maerlant Centrum, K.U.Leuven Faculty of Arts, Blijde-Inkomststraat 21, B-3000 Leuven
Country: Belgium
Tel.:  +32/16/32.50.05
Fax: +32/16/32.47.13
e-mail: Fred.Truyen@arts.kuleuven.ac.be
Contact languages: Dutch, English, French, and German

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE COMPETENCE CENTRE DOES

The main features for what you consider the institution a 'competence centre', with respect to the selected areas (max 200 characters for each area):

Consulting, collection management
The Maerlant Center holds expertise in database development and usability testing of applications for image, textual data and bibliographic reference retrieval in e-learning, library and archival contexts.

Digitisation of manuscripts
The Maerlant Center technically supports a project which maps manuscript damage in a database.
For the learning community, the Maerlant Center created e-learning materials with manuscripts and miniatures.
Digitisation of museum collections
The Maerlant Centre created an e-learning module on cd-rom based on a museum, manuscripts and a painting describing the Rockox House, Antwerp.

Digitisation of photographic objects
The Maerlant Center developed an e-learning platform for image-centered e-learning around a made-to-measure image database named Galatea. It gained experience with digitisation of photographic heritage through a pilot project for a historic photograph archive.

Multimedia
The Maerlant Center has produced 10 interactive cd-roms on cultural heritage subjects from the Low Countries, Europe and Africa.

Virtual exhibitions
The Maerlant Center produced an educational virtual tour through an existing museum. It also created virtual tours in several of its cd-roms.

Other: e-learning on Cultural Heritage subjects, visual literacy and media literacy skills education.

I agree this information may be published on Minerva Knowledge Base: http://www.minervaeurope.org

x Yes 

Signature: _____________________

Name: 
Frederik Truyen, 
Sara Roegiers

e-mail: 
Fred.Truyen@arts.kuleuven.ac.be,
Sara.Roegiers@arts.kuleuven.ac.be