Transforming Photographs into a Digital Catalogue

In this article I focus on three aspects of the digitisation photographic collections which have had opportunity to deal with professionally in two museums, UK and Poland. 2014, Imperial War Museum London (IMW) implemented an online project portal/monument, Lives First World War, commemorating all citizens British Commonwealth who took part (WWI), both uniform civil services. Users registered portal could attach documents, photographs, reports each commemorated soldier-keyword, thus expanding database. One key elements was a collection portrait photographs bearing title Bond Sacrifice. These comprised over 16,000 soldiers Commonwealth, handed by their families years 1917–1919. After nearly hundred years, decided comprehensively develop, digitize, make available form catalogue. meantime, digitised huge WWI so-called Q Series (ca. 115,000), most important official photography. By 2016, entire scanned made external catalogue basis non-commercial license. Since then, taken life own: they are used academic works, press articles, TV productions, social medias. The second includes numerous Polish Armed Forces. This phenomenon is dealt paper, discusses Silesian Katowice. third final devoted impact digitization on-line accessibility making temporary exhibitions. explained using example author’s last exhibition at museum about women industry; based entirely digital reproductions from many museums Europe U.S., amongst others US National Archives IWM. due fact that author selected material use catalogues these very institutions.