Cultural Heritage · Digital Preservation · IIIF · Linked Data
Julien Antoine Raemy
I work on the digital preservation, dissemination and interoperability of cultural heritage and its metadata, through open standards built on the Linked Open Usable Data (LOUD) design principles, such as IIIF and Linked Art.
What I do now
Since January 2026
Semantic Architect and Project Manager at docuteam, primarily helping archives and other heritage institutions model, preserve and share their resources.
Since February 2025
Research Associate at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg / Digital Humanities Center at the University of Bern.
Since February 2021
Lecturer
- HEG-GE
- BSc in Information Science: Introduction to Open Data (2023–2027)
- University of Zurich / Zurich Central Library
- CAS Data Management and Information Technologies: IIIF (2021–2026)
- MAS Bibliotheks‑ und Informationswissenschaft: IIIF (2021–2027)
- Universities of Bern and Lausanne
- MAS in Archival, Library and Information Science: IIIF and Linked Data (2024–2026)
- CAS in Digital Literacy for ALIS Professions: Semantic interoperability of cultural heritage (2027)
Latest posts
12 June 2026
My First Decade in the IIIF Community — Highlights and Reflections from the 2026 Annual Conference in the Netherlands
The 2026 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Conference took place during the first week of June across three Dutch cities: Amsterdam, Leiden, and The Hague. I came away with plenty...
26 June 2024
Some notes from the 2024 IIIF Conference held in Los Angeles
A post summarising some notes I took from the 2024 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Annual Conference held in Los Angeles, CA, USA (June 4-7, 2024).
22 February 2024
PhD Website: LOUD for Cultural Heritage – now running with 11ty
I have redesigned my PhD Website – Linked Open Usable Data for Cultural Heritage (https://phd.julsraemy.ch) – with 11ty, a static site generator, instead of Omeka S.
Selected publications
- Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2024. "Linked Open Usable Data for Cultural Heritage: Perspectives on Community Practices and Semantic Interoperability." PhD dissertation, University of Basel. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14716/148352.
- Cornut, Murielle, Julien Antoine Raemy, and Florian Spiess. 2023. "Annotations as Knowledge Practices in Image Archives: Application of Linked Open Usable Data and Machine Learning." Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage 16 (4): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3625301.
- Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2026. IIIF in Switzerland: A Landscape of Compatible Platforms and Engaged Institutions. Version 1.0. Report. Bern: University of Bern. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23242984.
- Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Robert Sanderson. 2024. "Analysis of the Usability of Automatically Enriched Cultural Heritage Data." In Decoding Cultural Heritage: A Critical Dissection and Taxonomy of Human Creativity through Digital Tools, edited by Fernando Moral‑Andrés, Elena Merino‑Gómez, and Pedro Reviriego, 69–93. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57675-1_4.