Tufts Now: Preserving Ukraine Cultural Heritage Online

 

Preserving Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Online

A Tufts librarian leads an international effort to save digital information threatened by Russia’s invasion

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/preserving-ukraine-s-cultural-heritage-online  Volunteers are preserving the online collections of museums and libraries threatened by the war in Ukraine. These archived images feature items from an antiquity exhibit, from the Vinnysia Regional Museum of Local Lore. Photos: Courtesy of SUCHO

By Heather Stephenson

March 22, 2022

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As Russian bombs threaten to destroy historic museums, libraries, and religious buildings across Ukraine, a global network of volunteers has mobilized to preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage online. Using digital tools, they have saved data from more than 2,200 cultural websites and other sources on servers outside the country, providing a critical backup plan in case of loss or damage during the war.

That information is at risk just like physical artifacts and monuments, says Anna Kijas, AG05, the head of Lilly Music Library at Tufts.

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