Digitisation does not start with scanning alone
Making an archive digitally available is often only the beginning. Real value emerges when structure, context, metadata, quality and future use are considered from the start.
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Rick van Velden strengthens the bridge between archive content and technology
Rick van Velden joins 2dA as Senior specialist archive and digitisation. The role strengthens the connection between client questions, archival expertise, digitisation and technical delivery.
New expertise
Senior specialist archive and digitisation
The role connects archival practice, client questions and technical delivery within the 2dA chain.
A bridge between question and delivery
As Senior specialist, Rick van Velden helps translate clients' information questions into an executable route. Archival content, scanning on demand, metadata, OCR/HTR and technical platform development come closer together.
Experience from the archive sector
His background at Historisch Centrum Limburg and the National Archives of the Netherlands fits the direction in which 2dA is growing: connecting policy, content and technology so digital archives become usable as well as available.
From source data to local AI applications
That connection becomes increasingly important as archive data is prepared for local AI agents, semantic search, controllable OCR/HTR and secure applications on an organisation's own data. The foundation remains reliable source data, clear provenance and explainable quality.
More strength across the chain
2dA brings restorers, archivists, scanning professionals, IT specialists and developers together in one chain. This new role links that chain even more directly to the practical questions clients bring to a project.
Where clients will notice the difference
Clients get a clearer translation from question to approach, quality requirements, metadata, request logic and digital delivery earlier in the process. That makes projects calmer, easier to explain and better prepared for later use.
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