Digital strategy and cultural heritage

The 6th Brandenburg.digital information day of the Brandenburg.digital working group will take place in cooperation with the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences on 18 September 2025.

The creation and implementation of digital strategies is a major challenge for all organisations, including those in the cultural heritage sector (archives, libraries, memorials, museums, etc.). This year's Brandenburg.digital information day will look at why digital strategies make sense, and not just in the context of acquiring third-party funding, from various perspectives. In addition to a panel discussion on fundamental issues, contributions from current projects will provide a direct practical reference and thus enable insights into current developments in the field of cultural heritage in the state of Brandenburg and beyond.

Programme

9.30 am - 10.00 a0m | Registration

10.00 am - 10.30 am | Greetings

• Dr Sarah Zalfen, Department of Culture at the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture
• Potsdam University of Applied Sciences
• Brandenburg.digital working group

10.30 am - 12.00 pm | Panel discussion on the topic of digital strategy and cultural heritage

• Sascha Garbe (MWFK, Ref. 31), Dr Simon Donig (spokesperson for the NFDI4Memory consortium), Astrid B. M¨¹ller(Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek), Dr Arne Lindemann(Museumsverband des Landes Brandenburg), Carina B?ttcher (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband dbv EU- und Drittmittelberatung)
• Moderation: Ulf Preu?(Brandenburg-digital Coordination Centre)

12.00 pm - 1.00 pm | Lunch break 

1.00 pm - 2.15 pm | Digital strategies - creation and implementation

• Development of a digital strategy for the Potsdam City and State Library (Roger Thiel)
• Digital strategy for museumsworkshop series (Dr Arne Lindemann)
• Strengthening digital storytelling - art meets church, Oderbruchmuseum Altranft (Lars Fischer)
• Necessity of relaunches within the DIWA funding aspects using the example of the web database private-kuenstlernachlaesse-brandenburg.de (Daniel Burckhardt)

2.15 pm - 2.30 pm | Break

2.30 pm - 3.30 pm | Project forum Kulturerbe.digital

• Digitisation Centre Sorbian Institute (Dr. Hauke Bartels)
• Online publication of the Frankfurter Oderzeitung, City Archive Frankfurt (Oder) (Dr Denny Becker)
• "In Echt?" (In Real?): Utilising and perpetuating project results sustainably in the Brandenburg exhibition (Kirsten Foemmel, Brandenburg Museum for the Future, Present)

3.30 pm - 4.00 pm I  State funding and further development

• News on digitisation funding in the cultural sector (Sascha Garbe, Ministry of Science, Research and Culture, Ref. 31)
• Concept development for a portal on regional history (Prof. Dr Michael Scholz, Brandenburgische Historische Kommission e.V.)

4.00 pm | End of the event