Maarten Brinkerink Sound and Vision R&D Department Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision • Biggest audiovisual archive in the Netherlands, holding 700,000 hours of audiovisual heritage. • Holding material from public broadcasters, institutions and individuals. • Making its collections available for broadcast professionals, education and the general public. Consortium Mass digitisation 6 partners Images for the future will digitize: • 137.200 hrs video • 22.510 hrs film • 123.900 hrs audio • 2.900.000 photographs Images for the Future • Saves audiovisual heritage with conservation and digitization. • Makes digital content available for education, general public and creative industry. • Research and knowledge sharing within the cultural heritage sector Ta rget groups • Education • Public • Creative Industry Objective To optimize the availability of the audiovisual heritage. By developing innovative services and applications, education, the public and the creative sector will be offered a vast improvement in their possibility to profit from the various values of the audiovisual heritage. The availability of a rights-free or Creative Commons-licensed basic collection of digital film and sound. Educational use will receive priority. Archive Dilemma • Optimize the availability of the audiovisual heritage • BUT there are external rights holders and a payback obligation.