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Title: Gymnastik
Institution: Blekinge museum
Country: Sweden
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News Created: 23 November 2020 Zuzana Malicherova Susan Hazan
Europeana Network Association welcomes its nine new Members Councillors
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We are happy to announce the results of the 2020 Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council elections. Of the 35 candidates who came forward in this year’s elections, our members chose nine of them to fill the open seats in the Members Council between 11 and 20 November.
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Title: In the Morning Sun (Village Courtyard)
Creator: Kövári-Kačmarik, Konštantín
Date: 1900/1920
Institution: Slovak National Gallery
Country: Slovakia
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News Created: 19 November 2020 Ariadna Matas
Evaluating the Orphan Works Directive
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Eight years on from the adoption of the Orphan Works Directive, the European Commission has initiated a review of the Directive through a survey on its application. 87 institutions submitted their views, and today we tell you about Europeana’s response.
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Title: Moterys valtyje (kairėje sėdi Kazė Vaitkienė)
Date: 1935
Institution: Lithuanian Art Museum
Country: Lithuania
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News Created: 18 November 2020 Douglas McCarthy Georgia Evans
Discovering Europe – looking back at our summer season
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From May to October 2020, our Discovering Europe season used the rich cultural heritage in Europeana to showcase beautiful landscapes and fascinating places, in a virtual journey across the continent.
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Title: 3D modelling of proteins on computer
Institution: Wellcome Collection
Country: United Kingdom
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News Created: 10 November 2020 Carlos Ricardo Marcelino
Exploring Europeana's approach to design
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This November on Pro, we share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana collections website to ensure that people have a positive experience browsing millions of cultural heritage objects. In this post, we look at how we prioritise what to design, our approach to user experience and visual design, and the practices we put in place to ensure the best experience for our users.
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Title: Papaya, Tomatoes, Cacao
Institution: Real Jardín Botánico Madrid RJB-CSIC
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News Created: 5 November 2020
Exploring biodiversity with the LinBi project
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The Europeana Generic Services project LinBi - Linking Biodiversity and culture information - came to an end in October 2020. Project coordinator Martin Gordon (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg) explores what the project achieved.
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Title: Soccernites
Creator: Sports Against Racism Ireland
Date: 2020
Institution: Sports Against Racism Ireland
Country: Ireland
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News Created: 4 November 2020 Beth Daley Ken McCue
Sport Against Racism Ireland talk sport for cultural integration and social inclusion
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As part of the Europeana Sport season, we are looking at how organisations are using sport to overcome social problems and explore heritage. Today, Ken McCue, from Sport Against Racism Ireland tells us how a shared passion for sport is encouraging social integration in Ireland and a digital archive for Ireland’s sporting heritage could improve social cohesion.
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Title: 7.0 IBM . OP Fotografier
Institution: Telemuseet
Country: Norway
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News Created: 3 November 2020 Mirjam Verloop
Making the Europeana website accessible to all
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This November on Pro, we will share the practices we follow when developing the Europeana website to ensure that people have a positive experience browsing millions of cultural heritage objects. In this first post, we look at the topic of accessibility and our work to make the website accessible to all.
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Title: Event banner for 'In Conversation with Mariya Gabriel.' New Astor Hotel and 20 story Times Building, New York, U.S.A.
Date: 1906
Institution: Rijksmuseum
Country: Netherlands
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News Created: 2 November 2020 Jan Blaszczak Sofie Taes Aisha Villegas
In conversation with Commissioner Mariya Gabriel - Europeana XX Ambassador of Change
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The team behind the Europeana XX project shares insights from their recent interview with European Commissioner Mariya Gabriel, one of the project’s Ambassadors of Change, who shared her thoughts on the opportunities and challenges facing the cultural heritage sector in the time of COVID-19.
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Title: Europeana 2020
Date: 2020
Institution: Europeana Foundation
Country: Netherlands
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News Created: 29 October 2020 Nicholas Jarrett Gina van der Linden
Explore our Europeana 2020 programme
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We’re very excited to announce the Europeana 2020 programme. Read on to find out how you can build your own programme and join us between 11 and 13 November for three days of inspiring and innovative sessions.
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Title: Jenny Lind
Creator: Louis Asher
Date: 1845
Institution: Nationalmuseum
Country: Sweden
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News Created: 29 October 2020 Aleksandra Strzelichowska
Why should you open up your digital collections for reuse - explained in GIFs
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As GIF IT UP 2020 comes to a close, we have been delighted by the creativity of the entries, which demonstrate the wonderful ways that openly licensed content can be used and shared by audiences around the world. In this post, we let the GIFs answer the question: why open up digital collections for reuse?
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Title: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Creator: Graeb, Carl (1842-1892) (Maler) (Herstellung)
Date: 1844
Institution: Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin
Country: Germany
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News Created: 28 October 2020 Ariadna Matas Shadi Ardalan
Copyright in the cultural heritage sector: outcomes of the German Presidency event
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We explore the main messages that came out of our recent two day Presidency Event on the role of copyright in the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector, and tell you about our next steps.
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Title: Carta del Cantino
Date: 1502
Institution: Biblioteca Estense Universitaria
Country: Italy
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News Created: 26 October 2020
Bringing the past back to life with the Estense Digital Library
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The ‘Biblioteca Estense’ in Modena has embraced digital solutions to share its collections online, and in this post, Martina Bagnoli, the director of the ‘Gallerie Estensi’, presents the newly launched ‘Estense Digital Library’.
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Editorial Adviser, Europeana Foundation

Beth is a cultural and creative writer and Europeana's Editorial Adviser. She works on helping engage a broad range of audiences in Europeana’s work and content. She has a PhD in Creative Writing, runs workshops and has published a novel called ‘Blood and Water'.

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