#digitizingprojects

National Building Museum: Collections Highlight: Digitizing the Lautman Collection. “In 2007, the National Building Museum received [Robert C.] Lautman’s business archive of architectural photography materials, estimated at over 70,000 objects. Today, Museum staff are working to organize, catalog, rehouse, and digitize the collection to improve public access and ensure its long-term […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/18/collections-highlight-digitizing-the-lautman-collection-national-building-museum/

Digital Meets Culture: From Archive to Dataset: AI-Assisted Mass Digitisation of Historical Photographic Collections, Using the Sven Simon Archive as a Case Study. “The objective is not merely to preserve individual images, but to transform entire collection contexts into structured, searchable datasets. The first large-scale implementation is the Sven Simon Archive, comprising approximately […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/09/from-archive-to-dataset-ai-assisted-mass-digitisation-of-historical-photographic-collections-using-the-sven-simon-archive-as-a-case-study-digital-meets-culture/