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Title:
Screenshot from the Europeana website
Date:
March 2020
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 23 March 2020
Introducing the new Europeana website
Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Education Websites
We are excited to introduce the updated Europeana website to you. We’re confident you’ll find it faster, more discoverable and more accessible than ever before.
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Title:
Serie fotografica Venezia, 1960-1950
Creator:
Monti, Paolo
Date:
1960
Institution:
Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (BEIC)
Country:
Italy
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 18 March 2020 Barbara Fischer Peter Soemers Killian Downing
Be part of Europeana Network Association action on climate change
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Climate-change
In solidarity with the global climate strikes in 2019, members of the Europeana Network Association voiced their support for pursuing meaningful climate action and encouraging the Europeana Initiative towards discussion and collective action. In this post, we explore the work they have been doing.
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Title:
The regular washing of hands. Lithograph, ca. 1960.
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 16 March 2020 Harry Verwayen
Europeana Foundation - working with you in the time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Cultural Heritage Institutions Creative industries
We’re putting measures in place with immediate effect to minimise the COVID-19 risk for our staff, their families and communities while continuing our operations to the greatest extent possible. We’d like to share what that means in practice.
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Title:
Europeana 2019 - Connect Communities
Creator:
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Date:
2019
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 11 March 2020 Nicholas Jarrett Dasha Moskalenko Georgia Evans
Introducing the new Europeana Pro
Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Web-resources
Any regular visitors to Europeana Pro will notice that it looks a little different today. That’s right - we’ve revamped our website and in this post you can find out all about the process we’ve been through, decisions we’ve made and what you can expect to find in the new Europeana Pro.
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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 Tola Dabiri 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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