Georgia Evans

Marketing, Communications and Analytics

Senior Editorial Officer Europeana Foundation Netherlands

Member of Communicators Community

Georgia is Europeana’s Editorial and PR Officer and Editor in Chief of the Pro blog. In her role she contributes to Europeana’s communications strategy and activities, and manages the planning, commissioning and editing of the Pro blog content.
Before working at Europeana, Georgia worked in the higher education sector in the UK. She has a BA degree in English Language and Literature, and an MA in Early Modern Studies. When not in the office, Georgia will be found reading or trying to improve her Dutch!

News posts

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EuropeanaTech 2023 visual - This collage is composed of three images. Check our event's page for detailed attribution

Creator:

Ana Moreno

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

2023

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 29 November 2023 Georgia Evans

Recordings from EuropeanaTech 2023 now live - relive the conference!

Europeanatech Europeanatech2023

We were delighted to welcome over 1,100 of you to EuropeanaTech 2023, which took place onsite and online for three exciting days in October. Look back on the conference with us and discover how you can access the recordings.

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Title:

EuropeanaTech 2023 collage. This collage is composed of three images. Check our event's page for detailed attribution

Creator:

Ana Moreno

Date:

2023

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 20 September 2023 Georgia Evans

Five reasons to attend EuropeanaTech 2023 online

Europeanatech Europeanatech2023

Tickets to attend EuropeanaTech 2023 onsite in the Hague have sold out but never fear - you can still reserve your spot online for free! Discover five reasons why you should book your ticket to attend our conference.

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Title:

Mr Gee performing at Europeana 2022

Date:

2022-09-29

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 25 October 2022 Georgia Evans

Discover the beauty of data poetry with Mr Gee

Europeana-2022

At Europeana 2022, we were delighted to be joined by data poet Mr Gee, whose poems on each day of the conference gave rich new perspectives on the topics in focus. Watch the poems being performed and discover the beauty of data poetry!

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Title:

Detail from Ruum

Creator:

Vardi, Aleksander

Institution:

Muzeum umění Tartu

Country:

Estonia

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 18 August 2022 Georgia Evans

New project explores crowdsourcing in Estonian cultural heritage institutions

Academic Research Crowdsourcing Research-grants-interviews

In 2021, the Europeana Research Grants Programme awarded funding for innovative projects exploring crowdsourcing and research. Hear from a winning project at the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum.

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Title:

Image from page 19 of Merriment and Mirth for Merry Little People. [Verses, illustrated by P. Cox and others.]

Date:

1889

Institution:

British Library

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 16 May 2022 Georgia Evans

Get inspired by examples of digital storytelling in action

Network Europeana-communicators Digital-storytelling Digital-storytelling-2022

This month, Europeana and the Heritage Lab are running the digital storytelling festival, encouraging people to tell stories with digital cultural heritage. Members of the Europeana Communicators Community Steering Group share examples of the stories told online and in digital formats that excite them - and can inspire you!

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Title:

Rosario Soler

Creator:

ALFONSO (Alfonso Sánchez García)

Date:

1905/01/01

Institution:

Digital Library Memory of Madrid

Country:

Spain

Copyright:

CC BY-NC

News Created: 11 May 2022 Georgia Evans

Sharing women’s history through digital storytelling

Digital-storytelling Womens-history-month Womens-history-month-2022 Digital-storytelling-2022

This month, Europeana and the Heritage Lab are running the Digital Storytelling Festival, encouraging people to tell stories with digital cultural heritage. Today, we reflect on how digital storytelling can uncover new stories from women throughout history, looking back on Europeana’s activities for Women’s History Month.

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Title:

ESACH coordination committee

Creator:

ESACH

Date:

2022

Institution:

ESACH

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 1 March 2022 Georgia Evans

Supporting new professionals: the European Students' Association for Cultural Heritage

New-professionals New-professionals-interviews

As 2022 celebrates European Year of Youth, we are highlighting resources, networks and organisations within the cultural heritage sector which support students and new professionals. Today, we hear about the work of the European Students' Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH).

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Title:

2019/2020 ICA New Professional Angela Schilling speaking at the closing ceremony of the ICA Adelaide Conference 2019. All rights reserved.

Creator:

Sophie Mosss Photography

Institution:

International Council on Archives

News Created: 22 February 2022 Georgia Evans Nicola Laurent

Supporting new professionals: the ICA’s New Professionals Programme

New-professionals New-professionals-interviews

As 2022 celebrates the European Year of Youth, we are highlighting resources, networks and organisations within the cultural heritage sector which support students and new professionals. Today, we hear about the New Professionals Programme run by the International Council on Archives (ICA).

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Title:

Skärm, Bildkonst, Möbler, Vikskärm i fyra delar med bokhyllemotiv (Chaekgeoridomålning), Folding screen, Furniture, Graphics

Date:

1900

Institution:

Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 10 December 2021 Georgia Evans

Europeana’s partnership with OCLC brings cultural heritage to new audiences

Projects Libraries Partnerships

In October, we were delighted that our partnership with the global library cooperative OCLC came to fruition by making millions of cultural heritage items from Europeana available through the database WorldCat. We speak to Tim Martin, Director of Business Development and Publisher Relations at OCLC, to find out more.

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Title:

Europeana 2019: inclusivity and diversity workshop image

Date:

29 November 2019

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 19 May 2021 Georgia Evans Killian Downing

Supporting new professionals in the cultural heritage sector

Network Impact framework Task-force New-professionals

Since January 2020, the New Professionals Task Force has been exploring how the Europeana Network Association can support new professionals working and engaging within the cultural heritage sector, and welcome them into the Europeana Initiative. Today, we are excited to introduce and take a look at the findings and recommendations of the final report!

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Title:

Maria-Cristina Marinescu, In Copyright

Creator:

Maria-Cristina Marinescu

Date:

2021

News Created: 19 March 2021 Georgia Evans

Pioneering AI for digital cultural heritage - an interview with Dr Maria-Cristina Marinescu

Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeanatech Generic-services Artificial-intelligence Ai-theme womens-history-month

On Europeana Pro this month, we are exploring AI-related activities in the cultural heritage sector, and shining a light on women leading research, projects and work in this area. Today, Dr Maria-Cristina Marinescu tells us about machine learning for cultural heritage in the Saint George on a Bike project and how AI can help the sector to create rich metadata.

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Title:

Landscape from Arles

Creator:

Paul Gauguin

Date:

1888

Institution:

Nationalmuseum

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 15 June 2020 Georgia Evans

Introducing Europeana's ‘Discovering Europe’ season

Collections Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Tourism

While cultural tourism has been badly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, cultural heritage continues to act as inspiration for individuals across Europe to explore the continent’s history, sites and art. In this post, we introduce Europeana’s ‘Discovering Europe’ season, which will highlight Europe’s rich natural beauty and cultural heritage to inspire travel to local and alternative destinations.

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Title:

Robert Schuman delivering his declaration in the Salon de l'Horloge in the French Foreign Ministry building at Quai d'Orsay in Paris on 9 May 1950. In copyright.

Institution:

European Union

News Created: 7 May 2020 Georgia Evans

European Parliament Archives brings Schuman Declaration to life in new exhibition with Europeana

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Covid-19 Archives Europe-day

When a long-planned exhibition celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Schuman Declaration could no longer take place in European cities, the European Parliament Archives worked with Europeana to bring the exhibition to life online – in 24 languages. We speak to Ludovic Delepine, Head of Archives at the European Parliament, about how it all came together.

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Title:

View of the point cloud data collected at Staigue Stone Fort

Creator:

Kerry Gaming Solution for Lightweight Modelling

Copyright:

CC BY-NC

News Created: 24 April 2020 Georgia Evans

3D documentation and reuse of data within the cultural heritage sector in Ireland

Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Europeanatech 3d 3d-series Tourism Ireland

In an abridged post from the online journal EuropeanaTech Insight, we explore how data from the 3D-ICONS project in Ireland has continued to be used even after the end of the project, by Anthony Corns and Robert Shaw from The Discovery Programme, Centre for Archaeology and Innovation in Ireland.

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Title:

Advert for 'Sunlight' laundry soap

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 3 April 2020 Georgia Evans Gina van der Linden

Ideas for digital engagement in the time of COVID-19

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Coronavirus Covid-19

Explore resources, tools and ideas from Europeana and cultural heritage institutions around the world which offer creative ways to share cultural heritage online.

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Title:

Promotional magazine insert for Sunlight Soap, possibly from the 1920s. The front has a colour illustration of a dutch man and woman in traditional costume walking along a red brick path carrying baskets of Sunight Soap

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 3 April 2020 Georgia Evans Gina van der Linden

Supporting cultural heritage professionals in the time of COVID-19

Cultural Heritage Institutions Impact Coronavirus Covid-19 Webinar

As an organisation which champions digital and digitised cultural heritage, we are working to help cultural heritage professionals find support and tools at a time when many of the sector’s activities are moving online. Explore some of our existing resources, picks for webinars and inspirational reads below.

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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:

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 Douglas McCarthy

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:

Liggende Venus met Amor en Anteros

Creator:

François Boucher

Date:

1732 - 1776

Institution:

Rijksmusem

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 8 January 2020 Georgia Evans

Exploring Europeana’s most viewed public domain works

Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Creative industries Publicdomain Open-access Public-domain-day-2020

This January we look at how the public domain contributes to the re-use of cultural heritage and explore different aspects of open acces. In this post, we begin by highlighting which of the more than ten million public domain works accessible through Europeana were viewed the most last year.

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Title:

Sappho from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 57

Creator:

Giovanni Boccaccio

Date:

circa 1440

Institution:

British Library

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 18 December 2019 Georgia Evans Beth Daley

What you were reading on Europeana Pro News in 2019

Network Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Copyright Funding Europeana2019 popular

In this post, we look back on a year of Pro News and the posts that were most important to you!

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