Europeana aggregators

Aggregators work with cultural heritage institutions to gather authentic, trustworthy and robust data and make it accessible through Europeana. All Europeana aggregators are members of the Europeana Aggregators' Forum (EAF), a network of national, regional, domain and thematic aggregators who - among others - work to exchange the knowledge and best practice that supports aggregation and data sharing with Europeana. 

Domain & thematic

Domain and thematic aggregators define their scope by cultural sector (such as museum, archive or library) or by topic and theme (such as fashion). They work with contributors based in different European countries.

National & regional

National and regional aggregators define their scope by specific country or region. They work with contributors situated within that country or region.

Steering Group

The Steering Group of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum is made up of elected representatives from accredited aggregators and one representative of the Europeana Foundation. 

Outreach

The Europeana Aggregators’ Forum organises regular events to show cultural heritage institutions how they can engage with and share their data with Europeana.

Europeana Aggregators’ Forum outreach event
Title:
Servizio fotografico Villa Lagarina
Creator:
Monti, Paolo
Date:
1978
Institution:
Fondazione Biblioteca Europea di Informazione e Cultura (BEIC)
Country:
Italy
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Europeana Aggregators’ Forum outreach event

Discover the role of aggregators and cultural heritage institutions in collecting, maintaining and increasing discoverability of content in the context of the common European data space for cultural heritage.

Task Forces and Working Groups

Through Task Forces and Working Groups, the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum collaborates with other pillars of the Europeana Initiative to address key issues in the digital cultural heritage sector. Explore some below.

Digital Transformation Task Force
Title:
Carpentry class at a Jewish school
Date:
c.1921-1922
Institution:
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Country:
United States of America

Digital Transformation Task Force

This Task Force aimed to build capacity for digital transformation across Europeana. It was a joint Task Force from the Europeana Foundation, Europeana Network Association and Europeana Aggregators’ Forum. 

Year plans and reports

Europeana Aggregators' Forum: looking forward to 2021
Title:
Širvintų Jaunalietuvių draugijos šokėjai dešimtmečio sąskydyje Kaune.
Date:
1937-07-29
Institution:
Ukmergės kraštotyros muziejus
Country:
Lithuania

Europeana Aggregators' Forum: looking forward to 2021

The Europeana Aggregators’ Forum enables cultural heritage institutions to share their content with Europeana and open it up to new audiences. We explore their activity highlights and achievements in 2020, and outline some of their priorities for 2021.

News from the Europeana Aggregators' Forum

Happy new year from the Europeana Initiative
Title:
Collage
Creator:
Gabian Spirit
Date:
2022

Happy new year from the Europeana Initiative

Created: 10 January 2023

Harry Verwayen, General Director of the Europeana Foundation, Marie-Véronique Leroi, Chair of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum and Rob Davies, Chair of the Europeana Network Association, share a new year message on behalf of the Europeana Initiative, as we welcome an exciting year ahead.

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