The successful integration of easydb as part of the NAHIMA project at ETH Zurich has made it clear that modern technologies and collection management systems can make a significant contribution to optimizing the management and use of scientific collections. programmfabrik played a significant role in this process by providing customized solutions and ensuring ongoing support.

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is one of the most renowned training centers for design courses in the world and looks back on a long tradition of prominent teachers and graduates, with names ranging from Oskar Kokoschka to Karl Lagerfeld. Disciplines such as art studies, art education or restoration depend on high-quality image material with a powerful zoom function...

With the online archive on the regional history of Bremen, the Center for Media of the State Institute for Schools Bremen (LIS) is expanding its offering. The central task of the LIS is to promote and support schools and educational institutions in the state of Bremen. To make access to the image and film archive easier, the LIS relies on the web-based software solution easydb. The entire collection, which consists of 400,000 analog and 20,000 digital images as well as around 3,500 films, is now gradually being digitized and transferred to the online archive. In the future, Bremen's history can be researched and browsed online in pictures and films.

The Diathek of the Institute for Art Studies and Aesthetics is available to teachers and students at the Berlin University of the Arts for teaching and research. As one of the largest artistic universities in Europe, the UdK trains students in more than 40 artistic, artistic-scientific and artistic-educational courses. First-class work materials are a basic requirement.

The ESMT European School of Management and Technology is an international private university with doctoral degrees and has its headquarters in Berlin and the Schloss Gracht location near Cologne. ESMT was founded by 25 leading global companies and associations.

ESMT's diverse communications and marketing activities are divided into three departments at both locations. In order to optimally combine the work of the teams, ESMT decided web-based digital asset management easydb .

kuniweb is the name of the web-based data collection for preservation institutions, with which an important step towards cooperative collaboration has been achieved. The project was initiated by the GBV network headquarters and implemented using the multimedia database software easydb. For the first time, a common, central solution has been achieved which, thanks to the high flexibility of the easydb software, not only offers numerous features, interfaces and modules, but also meets the individual requirements of the individual museum collections.

The University of Applied Arts Vienna is one of the most renowned training centers for design courses in the world and looks back on a long tradition of prominent teachers and graduates, with names ranging from Oskar Kokoschka to Karl Lagerfeld. Disciplines such as art studies, art education or restoration depend on high-quality image material with a powerful zoom function...

Stadtmarketing Mannheim GmbH has been promoting the positive external impact of the metropolis in the north of Baden-Württemberg since 2001. The visual representation of the region is of central importance in the print and web sectors. Images must be managed in such a way that copyrights can be controlled in a legally secure manner at all times when publishing and sharing. Via the press portal, Stadtmarketing Mannheim GmbH provides images for non-commercial use in connection with the Mannheim location and its external representation.

Heidelberg University is one of the oldest and most renowned universities in the world and, with 30,000 students, twelve faculties and three clusters of excellence, is a leader in almost all areas of teaching and research. The impulse came from art history: a digital library should be introduced, but isolated solutions had to be avoided.

The media center of the city of Hanau has an inventory of 350,000 images, making it one of the largest municipal image archives in Hesse. In order to streamline internal processes and avoid high upfront costs for research, a sustainable solution should be found to digitally archive the images. When switching to a digital system, numerous detailed questions arose. The choice fell on easydb.archive. You can download the case study as a PDF here.