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Title:
The Ha'Penny Bridge Dublin
Creator:
Samuel Frederick Brocas
Date:
1818
Institution:
National Library of Ireland
Country:
Ireland
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 6 March 2020 Dáire Rooney Killian Downing Kathryn Cassidy
Little by little, one travels far: Europeana developments in Ireland
Data publication Cultural Heritage Institutions Aggregation Ireland
Europeana has been supporting the discovery of Ireland’s cultural heritage for over a decade and in this post we explore some of the more recent developments, including the work of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) as the new national aggregator.
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Title:
Takehiro Nakagawa, from Kusatu City (Japan) walking around the National Park in Kyoto with his family during the Saukura spring © Susan Hazan
Creator:
Susan Hazan
Date:
2019
News Created: 5 March 2020 Susan Hazan
Through the looking glass: cultural heritage custodians to populate the Mirrorworld
Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions 3d 3d-series Tourism
The advent of 3D technology is bringing new opportunities for the cultural heritage sector, offering innovative ways to provide access to heritage for education, tourism, research and enjoyment. In this post, Susan Hazan takes us into the ‘Mirrorworld’ to discuss the potential of 3D and 4D experiences in the cultural heritage sector.
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Title:
Store Komet 1861 med Viftehale
Creator:
Severin Worm-Petersen
Date:
1890-1910
Institution:
Norsk Teknisk Museum
Country:
Norway
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 27 February 2020 Georgia Evans
Europeana and Time Machine take next steps towards new applications for digital cultural heritage
Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Time-machine Partnerships
Marking the end of the first year of the Time Machine project, a conference in Brussels last week outlined the exciting potential for the future of the initiative. Europeana Executive Director Harry Verwayen was there to discuss how Europeana’s continued collaboration in Time Machine can provide the building blocks for new applications of digital cultural heritage.
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Title:
Publiek Domain Day 2020
Creator:
Sebastiaan Ter Burg
Date:
January 10 2020
Country:
CC BY 2.0
News Created: 24 February 2020 Sebastiaan ter Burg
Celebrating the public domain - plan your year!
Collections Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Publicdomain Public-domain-day-2020
As Europeana Pro’s focus on the public domain draws to a close, Sebastiaan ter Burg looks back on a year of events celebrating the public domain in the Netherlands and provides inspiration on how you can already start your planning to celebrate the public domain in 2021!
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Title:
Inclusivity and Diversity Session
Creator:
Killian Downing
Date:
29 November 2019
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 21 February 2020 Killian Downing Larissa Borck
A conversation on inclusivity and diversity: reflections from Europeana 2019
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeana2019
As part of the Europeana 2019 Conference, a dedicated session discussed ways to improve inclusivity and diversity in the Europeana Network Association, and how best to pursue meaningful and sustainable action in this area. In this post for Europeana Pro, Tola Dabiri and Larissa Borck reflect on their experiences as speakers at this session, and what inclusivity and diversity means to them.
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Title:
A Day of Celebration
Creator:
Fanny Brate
Date:
1902
Institution:
NationalMuseum
Country:
Sweden
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 20 February 2020 Jolan Wuyts
Exploring public domain artists through Europeana Collections
Collections Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Culture lover Publicdomain Public-domain-day-2020
This month, Europeana Pro looks at how the public domain contributes to the re-use of cultural heritage and explores different aspects of open access. In this post, Jolan Wuyts highlights notable European artists whose work entered the public domain this year and can be viewed through Europeana Collections!
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Title:
Castell Vell y ermitorio de la Magdalena
Creator:
ADD4D.org Muñoz, Robert Llácer García, César
Date:
2016-10-21
Institution:
ADD4D.org
Country:
Spain
Copyright:
CC BY-NC
News Created: 19 February 2020 Kate Fernie
3D Content in Europeana – task force review
Collections Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeanatech Taskforce 3d 3d-series
The advent of 3D technology is bringing new opportunities for the cultural heritage sector, offering innovative ways to provide access to heritage for education, tourism, research and enjoyment. A Europeana Network Association task force on 3D content has been exploring the topic of 3D in Europeana, and in this post, task force leader Kate Fernie shares the results of the year long project and the recent task force report.
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Title:
A man conducts an alchemical experiment with an alembic, in the foreground, in the background a female figure representing the world observes a man of the new school of chemistry who prepares an oxygen experiment with a glass jar and a candle: a represent
Creator:
Richard Corbould
Date:
1805
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 14 February 2020 Milena Dobreva
Innovation through GLAM Labs
Collections Academic Research Data Labs Innovation Glam
Milena Dobreva is an Associate Professor in Library and Information Studies at UCL Qatar, as well as one of Europeana 2019’s Unsung Heroes for her work with the Europeana Research Community. In this post, she discusses the concept of a GLAM lab and her contribution to Open a GLAM Lab, a book for everyone interested in experimentation with digital collections.
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Title:
An Amateur Concert
Creator:
Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro
Date:
1882
Institution:
Museu do Chiado – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea
Country:
Portugal
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 12 February 2020 Marco De Niet Zuzana Malicherova
Contribute to the Europeana Network Association in 2020
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeana2019
The Europeana Network Association is a democratic community of cultural heritage professionals who work together to plan activities and priorities each year. In this post we explore the documents which were approved by the Association in 2019, how these influence plans for 2020 and how you can get involved!
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Title:
Sessions with the students and teachers
Date:
2019
Institution:
National Library of the Republic of Moldova
Country:
Moldova
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 10 February 2020 Diana Silivestru
Europeana Education in the Republic of Moldova
Collections Education Teacher-training Vangoyourself moldova
As part of European Heritage Days in October 2019, the National Library of the Republic of Moldova organised a series of educational sessions with the theme ‘10 things to discover with Europeana - the cultural friend of the student and the teacher’. In this post we explore the activities in the Republic of Moldova and the Europeana resources which support students and teachers throughout Europe.
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Title:
Balloon
Creator:
Pál Szinyei Merse
Date:
1878
Institution:
Museum of Fine Arts - Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Country:
Hungary
Copyright:
CC BY-NC-SA
News Created: 5 February 2020 Georgia Evans
Exploring the global picture of Open GLAM
Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Publicdomain Open-access Open-glam Public-domain-day-2020
This month, Europeana Pro looks at how the public domain contributes to the re-use of cultural heritage and explores different aspects of open access. Europeana Collections Manager Douglas McCarthy has interviewed a number of cultural heritage professionals about open access for Europeana Pro, but today he tells us more about his own research and the global picture of Open GLAM.
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Title:
Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, a Great Tit and a Mouse
Creator:
Herman Henstenburg
Date:
c.1700 - c.1710
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 4 February 2020 Georgia Evans
Bringing Europeana to new audiences with Unsplash for Education
Collections Education Partners
At Europeana, we want to bring the richness of digital cultural heritage to both students and educators, and we work with partners to ensure that these groups can access Europeana’s collections and resources. In this post, we explore how Europeana is working with the platform Unsplash to reach new educational audiences.
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