Welcome
Welcome to the website of the LNAA Digital Archive!
The LNAA Digital Archive — is an institutional database that contains digital copies of documents for permanent and long-term storage, as well as digital copies of creative works created by students, staff, and other individuals associated with the Academy (Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, Lviv Academy of Arts, Lviv National Academy of Arts).
With this project, LNAA joins the list of universities, museums, and libraries around the world that promote IIIF, an innovative technology that significantly facilitates and accelerates the process of studying manuscripts, rare books, and works of art.
Purpose
The purpose of creating the LNAA Digital Archive is the digitization and preservation of the Academy’s institutional documents for permanent and long-term storage, the cataloging of works of art and design, as well as audiovisual materials related to the activities of the Academy, its staff, students, and other individuals involved in the development of the institution.
Objectives
The objectives of the LNAA Digital Archive are:
- accumulation, systematization, and preservation of the creative achievements of the academic community
- creation of a reliable and accessible system for cataloging works of art
- providing access to archival databases for interested users
- promotion of the Academy’s achievements through representation on the global network
Access. Terms of Use
The Academy provides free access to the following digital archive collections:
- selected collections of cataloged works of art and design from the Academy’s structural units
- collections of documents that do not contain personal data
Works of art and design, as well as published documents of the digital archive, may be viewed, downloaded, copied, or printed only for personal, educational, and research purposes with proper attribution of authorship and source.
The Academy does not provide open access to:
- personal origin collections (in accordance with the law on personal data protection)
- collections of works of art that are less than 10 years old
Technology
This project uses innovative technologies:
- IIIF — digital researcher interface (official website | learn more)
- CZUR ET18 Pro scanners (official website | learn more)
Interaction «researcher — e-archive»
The digital archive contains 8 collections
- Student artworks
- Student archival records
- Teacher artworks
- Teacher archival records
- Staff artworks
- Staff archival records
- Other artworks
- Other archival records
Recent arrivals
Click on the link in the «Recent arrivals» block
Alphabetical search
Click the button with the corresponding letter above the «Latest additions» block
Magnifier icon
Click the search icon in the top right corner.
Advanced search
Advanced search is performed on a dedicated page of the e-archive (see the top menu). Advanced search uses a combination of multiple filters and Boolean operations. A detailed guide is available on the right side of the advanced search page.
Remember to use the “*” wildcard symbol when searching by part of a word. For example, if you need to find both weaving and weaver, you can use “weav*” as a search term.
Image viewing
When viewing images of a work of art or document, pay attention to the additional information in the right column. You can switch between three display modes:
- Image view (pay attention to the toolbar above the image)
- Thumbnail gallery (for quick navigation with a large number of images)
- Information and metadata
Alternative viewing (IIIF)
When viewing images of a work of art or document, pay attention to the special block in the right column: “Downloads, alternative views, and links”
We recommend expanding it and paying attention to the “IIIF manifest” and “Mirador” buttons, which allow studying artifacts using a specialized digital researcher interface - IIIF technology (learn more here).
Restricted access documents
The digital archive may contain documents with restricted access. You can get acquainted with the access protocol for such documents here.
