The IANEC Project

Investigation of Digital Archives of Contemporary Writers

With the digitization of the society, the proportion of born-digital content in the cultural heritage sector increases. The quantity of digital material captured from a wide range of different digital devices no longer allows for manual analysis: Digital Forensics Methods and Tools are needed to extract, identify and describe relevant information found on the devices. This raises new challenges to librarians, archivists and curators who also need help and support to manage this transition.

The IANEC project supported by the IMEC institute and the GREYC Research Lab aims to respond to this major challenge by adapting the Digital Forensics Methods to the needs of cultural heritage institutions and by developing specific Digital Investigation Tools dedicated to the analysis of cultural heritage material. Advances in AI over the last ten years have enabled the design of high-performance analysis tools.

Partners

IMEC - Institut mémoires de l'édition contemporaine The IMEC institute is a French association founded in 1988 on the initiative of researchers and publishing professionals to collect archives and studies on the main publishing houses, magazines and players in the life of books and the written word in the 20th century.
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GREYC - Electronic and Computer Science Laboratory The GREYC Laboratory carries out fundamental, methodological and applied research on issues related to digital sciences. GREYC's Digital Forensics Research Team brings together cybersecurity researchers whose ambition is to provide professionals in Criminalistics, Cybersecurity and Cultural Heritage with proven Digital Forensics Tools.
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Fundings

French Ministry of Culture The French Ministry of Culture's call for Innovative Digital Services (SNI) projects is a funding and support scheme for new solutions that enhance content and promote the emergence of innovative digital uses in the cultural sector.
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