The National Image Union Catalogue (KIIK) is a single point of search and lawful licensing for the nation's heritage image treasures — photographs, maps, manuscripts, documents and historical emblems — gathered from archives, museums and libraries across Malaysia into one union catalogue.
Contributing institutions retain ownership of their own collections. Records are harvested (OAI-PMH) or submitted via API/upload, then matched and consolidated. Images are displayed as watermarked previews; the full-resolution master file is released only after a licence is purchased. Licensing revenue is distributed to institutions under a revenue-sharing agreement.
KIIK combines the discipline of a heritage archive (preservation, standards-based metadata, rights control) with the capabilities of an image bank (licence calculator, cart, payment, e-invoicing). See Standards & Metadata for the technical details.