1. Goobi and the
publication of an
encyclopedic
collection in a
multilingual context

2. Gilles Zeimet
Digital Curator

4. The origins of the project
▪ New digitization strategy by the Ministry of Culture for all its cultural institutions
▪ Creation of the position “Digital Curator” in all the major institutions
▪ Cooperation with the government’s centralized IT department

5. The MNHA
An encyclopedic museum

6. The collections of the MNHA
Archeology Coin Cabinet Arts & Crafts Fine Arts

8. The MNHA
A multilingual museum

10. MuseumPlus

12. LIDO
Lightweight Information Describing Objects

13. ▪ LIDO & Joconde
▪ XML exchange format that allows multiple languages right from the start
▪ Introduction of lists and thesauri based on the Joconde vocabularies

14. Why Goobi?

15. ▪ Why not Zetcom’s solution?
▪ Proprietary software
▪ Expensive
▪ Not very flexible
▪ Why Goobi?
▪ Open source platform
▪ Experience with wide range of metadata
▪ Experience with similar projects
▪ Competitive
▪ Highly flexible
▪ Independent solution

16. MNHA Collections