GECA 3.0 – A new tool for cataloguing and enjoying cultural heritage

Cataloguing is an essential component of studying and preserving our history. With the development of new systems of digital information, a new panorama where heritage and new technologies coalesce has been forged. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the chance to use and enjoy cultural resources through online platforms has become a true need and has grown exponentially: the concrete impossibility to study, consult and observe “live” any type of material stored in libraries, museums, and archives highlighted the importance of making cultural heritage accessible and available to every type of user. This paper aims to present and describe GECA 3.0, a platform for integrated management of bibliographical, archival and museum resources and enjoyment of catalogued cultural heritage, characterized by a triple soul: one is particularly centered on cataloguing, another one is a halfway between cataloguing and enjoyment, and the last one purely focused on enjoyment. In order to provide a useful tool not only to catalogue and describe, but also to enjoy and enhance the cultural heritage, a platform to integrate, manage and display data and information from archives, museums, and libraries is being studied and developed.