For Workpackage 2 meetings will be organized of partners of the agreement and invited outside experts to establish the thematic structure of future projects to be undertaken. Future activities will combine work for preservation and access of photographic collections on the one hand, with activities aimed at the general public on the other. Projects that involve actual conservation work or description of collections by their very nature need to take place at the level of individual institutions. Workpackage 2 will be concerned with creating this umbrella, primarily in terms of content and presentation, but technical issues will be addressed where necessary.
Photographic collections contain many items of immediate interest to a local or regional community.
These are usually specific items that are not found elsewhere. The thematic framework should on the one hand enable institutions to focus activities on a part of their collections that has a direct appeal for their users. On the other hand, however, the thematic framework will make it possible to combine these separate activities in a larger whole that brings people in contact with cultural heritage of other communities. The thematic structure will have to be defined in the course of the experimental agreement. . It would enable them to convey the relevance of their collection in terms of content, and the importance of the work they do to keep these collections accessible over the long term.