What is it about
Since July, the second training semester promoted by the Emilia-Romagna and Marche Dicolab Hub. Cultura al Digitale is underway, run by G-Lab S.r.l. Impresa Sociale with Fondazione Golinelli, BAM! Strategie Culturali and Sineglossa. Started in February 2025 and active until June 2026, the hub organises in-person training activities in the Marche and Emilia-Romagna regions to foster the digital transformation of local cultural heritage operators. After the results achieved with the first semester, a second semester full of other free training appointments is scheduled between Ancona, Bologna, Reggio Emilia and Parma.
The next course
Media Library for culture: planning, metadata, and digital access
|Friday 26 September, 3:00–6:00 p.m.
Masmo Smart Mobility srl, Via Berti, Ancona
Led by Luca Sandoni
Course description
The course defines the role of media libraries as tools for the aggregation and integrated digital access to heterogeneous cultural heritage assets, both by type and institutional origin. Starting from a critical analysis of the Lodovico Media Library case study, participants will explore strategies and best practices for digitization, metadata creation, organisation, aggregation and access to the life cycle of digital objects, using shared standards and advanced technologies. Throughout the activities there will be direct interaction with the instructor, aimed at critically evaluating the adopted solutions and developing operational skills transferable to different contexts. Particular attention is devoted to the potential of platforms capable of enabling dialogue between different collections, overcoming typological barriers and offering users new, interconnected access experiences.
Learning objectives
During the course, software for digital archiving and data management will be addressed. By the end of the course participants will be able to:
• recognise the principles and fundamental logics that guide strategies for digitisation, metadata creation and management of digital cultural heritage;
• identify the basic techniques and best practices for the organisation, description and integration of various digital cultural data for the construction of interoperable digital worlds and aggregation platforms;
• identify technical and methodological solutions for the digitisation and enhancement of digital cultural heritage.
Meet the trainer: Luca Sandoni
Luca Sandoni is a historian of the contemporary era. He trained at the University of Pisa and the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, where he obtained his doctorate in 2016. Qualified in archival studies, paleography and diplomatics at the State Archive of Bologna, since 2020 he has been involved in digital humanities at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, with a special focus on the digital enhancement of tangible cultural heritage, and since 2022 he has been project manager of the “Lodovico Media Library” platform.
Audience: The course is aimed at staff of the Ministry of Culture and managers of public and private cultural institutions; staff and professionals working in the cultural heritage sector; people from cultural institutions, museums, libraries and archives; professionals of the cultural heritage sector; students (undergraduates and postgraduates) and doctoral candidates. The course is part of the training offer of Dicolab. Digital Culture, an initiative of the Ministry of Culture, Digital Library, National School of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Activities, funded by the Next Generation EU.
