Julien A. Raemy

Cultural Heritage & Digital Preservation Expert. Active member of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), Linked Art, and the Archival Resource Key (ARK) Alliance.

References follow the Chicago Manual of Style (author‑date). Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

Theses :mortar_board:

  • 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.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2020. “Enabling Better Aggregation and Discovery of Cultural Heritage Content for Europeana and Its Partner Institutions.” Master’s thesis, HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève. https://sonar.ch/hesso/documents/315109.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2017. “The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF): Raising Awareness of the User Benefits for Scholarly Editions.” Bachelor’s thesis, HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève. https://sonar.ch/hesso/documents/314853.

Journal articles :pencil:

  • 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.
  • Felsing, Ulrike, Peter Fornaro, Max Frischknecht, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2023. “Community and Interoperability at the Core of Sustaining Image Archives.” Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications 5 (1): 40–54. https://doi.org/10.5617/dhnbpub.10649.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2020. “Vers la fin d’OAI‑PMH pour Europeana ?” Bibliosuisse INFO 2 (4): 10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372768635_Vers_la_fin_d'OAI-PMH_pour_Europeana.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2019. “Towards Trusted Identities for Swiss Researchers and Their Data.” International Journal of Digital Curation 14 (1): 303–14. https://doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v14i1.596.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2019. “Les métiers des données : à l’intérieur, à l’extérieur et entre les mondes de la bibliothéconomie et de l’archivistique.” Hors‑Texte, no. 117: 46–52. https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/4063.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2018. “IIIF ou comment enfin valoriser ses images numériques de manière optimale et interopérable.” Hors‑Texte, no. 115: 22–32. https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/2394.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2017. “Interopérabilité des images : de la nécessité des tests d’utilisabilité.” Revue électronique suisse de science de l’information (RESSI), no. 18. https://doi.org/10.55790/journals/ressi.2017.e1808.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2017. “Retour sur la conférence IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework), 7‑9 juin 2017 au Vatican.” Revue électronique suisse de science de l’information (RESSI), no. 18. https://doi.org/10.55790/journals/ressi.2017.e1809.

Conference papers :page_facing_up:

  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2025. “Collections IIIF et recherche optimisée : transformer l’accès aux dossiers numérisés aux Archives fédérales suisses.” Paper presented at the Journée d’étude en ligne Biblissima+ : Nouveaux usages de IIIF pour l’enrichissement des collections numériques et la recherche, online, December 2025. https://doi.org/10.48620/93004.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2025. “LOUD et clair : comment les normes communautaires transforment l’engagement du public dans le patrimoine culturel.” Paper presented at the Journée d’étude en ligne Biblissima+ : Nouveaux usages de IIIF pour l’enrichissement des collections numériques et la recherche, online, December 2025. https://doi.org/10.48620/93005.
  • Manz, Marian Clemens, Julien Antoine Raemy, and Peter Fornaro. 2023. “Recommended 3D Workflow for Digital Heritage Practices.” Archiving Conference 20: 23–28. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2023.20.1.5.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Rita Gautschy. 2023. “Élaboration d’un processus pour les images 3D reposant sur IIIF.” Paper presented at Humanistica 2023, Université de Genève, Geneva, June 2023. https://hal.science/hal-04099506.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2022. “Améliorer la valorisation des données du patrimoine culturel grâce au Linked Open Usable Data (LOUD).” In Actes des journées humanités numériques et Web sémantique, edited by Nicolas Lasolle, Olivier Bruneau, and Jean Lieber, 132–49. Nancy. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7014341.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2021. “Applying Effective Data Modelling Approaches for the Creation of a Participatory Archive Platform.” Paper presented at Human Factors in Digital Humanities (PhD Seminar), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 16 December 2021. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357649220.
  • Freire, Nuno, Enno Meijers, Sjors de Valk, Julien Antoine Raemy, and Antoine Isaac. 2021. “Metadata Aggregation via Linked Data: Results of the Europeana Common Culture Project.” In Metadata and Semantic Research: MTSR 2020, edited by Emmanouel Garoufallou and María‑Antonia Ovalle‑Perandones, 383–94. Communications in Computer and Information Science 1355. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71903-6_35.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, Peter Fornaro, and Lukas Rosenthaler. 2017. “Implementing a Video Framework Based on IIIF: A Customized Approach from Long‑Term Preservation Video Formats to Conversion on Demand.” Archiving Conference 14 (1): 68–73. https://doi.org/10.2352/issn.2168-3204.2017.1.0.68.

Reports and white papers :clipboard:

  • 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.
  • Cevey, Matthieu, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2020. Swiss PID Hub : création d’un Hub pour la gestion des identifiants pérennes en Suisse. Supervised by René Schneider. Geneva: HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève. https://sonar.ch/hesso/documents/315101.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2019. Suggested Measures for Deploying IIIF in Swiss Cultural Heritage Institutions. White paper. Geneva: HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2640416.

Book chapter :book:

  • 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.

Scientific posters :scroll:

  • Sauvage, Audray, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2024. “Multimodal UI for Video Retrieval at the Swiss Federal Archives.” Poster presented at Digital History Switzerland 2024, Basel. https://digihistch24.github.io/submissions/poster/440/.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, Tanya Gray, Alwyn Collinson, and Kevin R. Page. 2023. “Enabling Participatory Data Perspectives for Image Archives through a Linked Art Workflow.” Poster presented at Digital Humanities 2023, Graz, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7878358.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Rita Gautschy. 2023. “Élaboration d’un processus pour les images 3D reposant sur IIIF.” Poster presented at Colloque Humanistica 2023, Université de Genève, Geneva, 28 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7927861.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2022. “Back and Forth from Boundary Objects to IIIF Resources: The Recipes of a Community‑Driven Initiative Specifying Standards.” Poster presented at DARIAH‑CH Study Day, Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Mendrisio, 20 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7015255.
  • Cevey, Matthieu, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2019. “Swiss PID Hub : création d’un Hub pour la gestion des identifiants pérennes en Suisse.” Poster presented at Session des posters scientifiques, HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève, Geneva, 12 December 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3551008.

Presentations :bar_chart:

This section lists selected presentations. A more exhaustive list, including talks given outside academic and professional settings as well as in the context of courses, is available at julsraemy.ch/prezi.

  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2025. “Linked Open Usable Data for Cultural Heritage: Community Building and Semantic Interoperability in Practice.” Presentation at the 17th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference (SWIB25), November 2025. https://doi.org/10.48620/92261.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2025. “LINDAS trifft KI: Vorstellung des Chatbot‑Prototyps.” Presentation at Linked Data Day 2025, 10 November 2025. https://doi.org/10.48620/92348.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2024. “LOUD : catalyseur de convergence.” Presentation at the Conférence internationale sur les humanités numériques (CIHN24), HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève, Carouge, 13 February 2024. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10526541.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2023. “Interconnected Resources on the Web: Unveiling Cultural Heritage through Linked Open Usable Data.” G3S Noon Talk, 19 December 2023. https://julsraemy.ch/prezi/noon-talk-loud.html.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2023. “Créer des API ouvertes : les pratiques et le tissu social des communautés IIIF et Linked Art.” Presentation at LibreABC, Journée des logiciels libres en Archives, Bibliothèques et Centres de documentation, Musée d’ethnographie de Genève, Geneva, 31 August 2023. https://julsraemy.ch/prezi/libreabc2023.html. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2023. “Les données ouvertes liées et utilisables (LOUD) : les protocoles IIIF et Linked Art.” Contribution to the round table “Ouvrir les musées au(x) numérique(s),” organised by Nicola Carboni, Gabriela Lini, and Marie Barras, Colloque Humanistica 2023, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Genève, Geneva, 26 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8027954.
  • Manz, Marian Clemens, Julien Antoine Raemy, and Peter Fornaro. 2023. “Recommended 3D Workflow for Digital Heritage Practices.” Presentation at Archiving 2023, Oslo, 20 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7870044.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2023. “The LOUD Social Fabrics of IIIF.” Presentation at the 2023 IIIF Conference, Naples, 8 June 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7825410. :video_camera: Recording
  • Felsing, Ulrike, Peter Fornaro, Max Frischknecht, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2023. “Community and Interoperability at the Core of Sustaining Image Archives.” Presentation at Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries 2023 (DHNB 2023), “Sustainability: Environment, Community,” 10 March 2023. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7690740.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2023. “The Intersection of Archival Resource Keys (ARKs) and IIIF Resources.” Presentation at the IIIF Community Call, online, 25 January 2023. https://julsraemy.ch/prezi/ark-iiif.html. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Adrian Demleitner. 2022. “Implementation of the IIIF Presentation API 3.0 Based on Software Support: Use Case of an Incremental IIIF Deployment within a Citizen Science Project.” Presentation at the International Conference on Digital Heritage (EuroMed2022), Limassol, Cyprus, 7 November 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7194021.
  • Cornut, Murielle, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2022. “This Photo Shows My Family Home! How to Make Annotations of Cultural Heritage Objects More Accessible through IIIF.” Presentation at the 2022 CRKN Conference: Strength in Community, online, 3 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7139251.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2022. “Améliorer la valorisation des données du patrimoine culturel grâce au Linked Open Usable Data (LOUD).” Presentation at Humanités numériques et Web sémantique, Archives Henri‑Poincaré, Nancy, 21 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6696205.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2022. “Actor‑Network Theory (ANT) as a Preliminary Approach to Data Modelling.” Presentation at DHCH@ISR 2022: Digital Humanities Methodologies, Istituto Svizzero, Rome, 14 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6636276. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2022. “Designing a Proof‑of‑Concept for the Implementation of the Presentation API 3.0 and Change Discovery API 1.0 within the DaSCH Service Platform (DSP).” Presentation at the 2022 IIIF Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 8 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6595132. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2021. “Data Modelling and Citizen Science: Impact of User‑Generated Content within the PIA Research Project.” Presentation at the Digital Humanities PhD Seminar “Human Factors in DH,” École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, 2 December 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763545.
  • Gautschy, Rita, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2021. “Normen und Standards: Empfehlungen DaSCH.” Presentation at the workshop “Normen und Standards in den digitalen Geschichtswissenschaften,” Bern, 12 November 2021. https://www.sgg-ssh.ch/sites/default/files/gautschy_raemy_sggworkshopnov2021.pdf. :video_camera: Recording
  • Brumfield, Ben, Sara Brumfield, Andy Irving, Rachael Kotarski, Joseph Padfield, Julien Antoine Raemy, Anne McLaughlin, and Frances Madden. 2021. “PIDs in IIIF Webinar.” Webinar “Persistent Identifiers in IIIF,” online, 26 October 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5780055. :video_camera: Recordings
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Lukas Rosenthaler. 2021. “Presenting SIPI: A Versatile IIIF Image API 3 Server.” Lightning talk at the 2021 IIIF Annual Conference, online, 22 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4923706. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2021. “The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) APIs as the Backbone of Scientific and Participatory Research.” Presentation at DHCH@ISR 2021: Digital Visual Media and Metadata, session “Image Frameworks and Archives,” Istituto Svizzero, Rome, 8 June 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4890820. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, Vera Chiquet, and Lukas Rosenthaler. 2021. “Simple Image Presentation Interface (SIPI): Bilder IIIF‑kompatibel speichern und publizieren.” Presentation at vDHd21: Experimente (Zwischenevents), online, 31 May 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4875466. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2021. “INCIPIT: ein ARK‑Attributionsservice in der Schweiz.” Presentation at PIDapalooza 2021 (German session), online, 28 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4436022. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, Amir Alwash, Arnaud Gaudinat, and René Schneider. 2020. “INCIPIT: An Archival Resource Key (ARK) Allocation Service in Switzerland.” Presentation at the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Fall 2020 Virtual Membership Meeting, online, 1 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4302427. :video_camera: Recording
  • Schneider, René, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2020. “Auspacken, Identifizieren, Anpacken: Überlegungen zur Konvergenz von Linked Data und persistenter Identifikation.” Presentation at “Informationen: digital verpackt,” Zentralbibliothek Zürich, online, 22 September 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4043572. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2020. “Enabling Better Aggregation and Discovery of Cultural Heritage Content for Europeana and Its Partner Institutions.” Master’s thesis oral defence, HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève, Geneva, 28 August 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3975522. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and Nuno Freire. 2020. “Overview of Alternative Technologies for (Meta)data Aggregation.” Presentation at the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum Spring 2020, online, 6 May 2020. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4011512. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2019. “Das International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF): eine Reihe von Standards für eine bessere Veröffentlichung der Ressourcen im Web.” Presentation at Informationsanlass Alexandria, Bibliothek am Guisanplatz, Bern, 30 October 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3463088.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2019. “Swiss Institutions Climbing up the IIIF Ladder.” Presentation at the 2019 IIIF Conference, Alte Mensa, Georg‑August‑Universität, Göttingen, 26 June 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3238161. :video_camera: Recording
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine, and René Schneider. 2019. “Assigning Persistent Identifiers to Art and Design Entities.” Presentation at the Fourth Swiss Congress for Art History (VKKS 2019), session “Quid pro quo: Linked Data in Art History Research,” Accademia di architettura, Mendrisio, 7 June 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3241453.
  • Schneider, René, and Julien Antoine Raemy. 2019. “Towards Trusted Identities for Swiss Researchers and Their Data.” Presentation at the 14th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC), Melbourne, 6 February 2019. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2415996.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2018. “The Uptake of IIIF in Switzerland and the Current State of TICKS: Building a IIIF‑Alignment Outreach Programme.” Presentation at the 2018 IIIF Conference, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 24 May 2018. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1252084.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2018. “The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF): Raising Awareness of the User Benefits for Scholarly Editions.” Presentation at Midi‑AGBD, Prix romand en bibliothéconomie 2017, Université de Genève, Uni Mail, Geneva, 27 March 2018. https://www.agbd.ch/wp-content/uploads/JARaemy_IIIF_pr%C3%A9sentation-min.pdf.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2017. “Présentation brève de IIIF et du travail de bachelor.” Presentation at the Séminaire en bibliothéconomie, HES‑SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Haute école de gestion de Genève, Carouge, 9 November 2017. https://www.slideshare.net/JulienARaemy/prsentation-brve-de-iiif-et-du-travail-de-bachelor-sminaire-en-bibliothconomie-hegge.
  • Raemy, Julien Antoine. 2017. “Usability Testing Conducted on the UV and Mirador.” Presentation at the 2017 IIIF Conference (pre‑conference), Augustinianum, Vatican City, 5 June 2017. https://www.slideshare.net/JulienARaemy/iiif-preconference-usability-testing-conducted-on-the-uv-and-mirador.

Blog posts :computer:

Interviews :microphone:

Awards :tada:

  • November 2017: Prix romand en bibliothéconomie awarded for my bachelor’s thesis on IIIF by Association genevoise des bibliothécaires et professionnels diplômés en information documentaire (AGBD), Groupe régional des bibliothécaires vaudois (GRBV), Info Doc Valais - Info Dok Wallis (IDVS), and Association des bibliothèques fribourgeoises (ABF)