Georgia Evans

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Editorial Officer Europeana Foundation Netherlands Cultural Heritage

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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!

Blogposts

Title:

Anna Maria Marras

Creator:

Andrea Bolioli

Date:

May 10 2023

Institution:

© Anna Maria Marras

News Created: 17 May 2023

Professionals in Focus - Anna Maria Marras

Network

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to ENA Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Anna Maria Marras discusses her research and the importance of digital accessibility.

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Title:

Altheo Valentini, ALL DIGITAL President, at the AD Summit 2022 in Prague

Creator:

ALL DIGITAL Aisbl

Date:

29 September 2022

Institution:

ALL DIGITAL Aisbl

Country:

Belgium

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 20 April 2023

Professionals in Focus - Altheo Valentini

Network Education

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to ENA Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Altheo Valentini tells us about his work on digital, social and educational innovation.

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Title:

Greek, hand-vase clasping a lekythos, HCM 233

Date:

Classical period, fifth to fourth-century BC; 2019

Institution:

The Hunt Museum

Country:

Europe

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 14 April 2023

EU-funded study sheds light on 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage

3d europeanatech

On 18 April 2023, the Europeana conference under the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU will take place, focusing on 'Accelerating 3D in the common European data space for cultural heritage: Why 3D matters.' Ahead of the conference, we highlight a key EU-funded study on quality in 3D digitisation of tangible cultural heritage.

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Title:

Vassiliki Sakka. Permission granted for Europeana reuse.

Creator:

Katerina Brentanou

Date:

13/10/2016

Country:

Greece

News Created: 28 March 2023

Professionals in Focus - Vassiliki Sakka

Network Education

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to ENA Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Vassiliki Sakka tells us about her passion for historical education.

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Title:

Screenshot of Mozilla hubs from Vietnamese Betel Nut Culture Built with Bits project. Permission given for Europeana reuse.

Creator:

Emma Duester

Date:

2023

News Created: 17 March 2023

Explore Vietnamese Betel Nut Culture in an immersive educational project

Education womens-history-month womens-history-month-2023 built-with-bits

With March marking Women’s History Month, we hear from researchers at the RMIT University about their winning Built with Bits project, ‘Vietnamese Betel Nut Culture and Tradition,’ created in collaboration with the Vietnamese Women's Museum.

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Title:

Screenshot of the winning project website My Monastery: a digital adventure!

Creator:

Marco Neves

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 February 2023

Coding, APIs and education with Low Code Fest winner My Monastery - a digital adventure!

API Education low-code-fest

Low Code Fest 2022 encouraged students and educators to use Europeana’s APIs and data to develop innovative approaches and projects. We hear from staff and students at the Agrupamento de Escolas da Batalha who tell us about their winning project My Monastery - a digital adventure!

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Title:

Dr. Ping Kong, Founder of Heritage & Education gGmbH. Permission granted for Europeana reuse.

Institution:

Ping Kong.

News Created: 20 February 2023

Professionals in Focus - Ping Kong

Network Education

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Ping Kong tells us about her work bringing together digital, heritage and education.

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Title:

Jos Kamp and Elisabeth Engering presenting the project. Permission granted for Europeana reuse.

Creator:

Jessika Weber

Date:

2023

Institution:

Breda University of Applied Sciences

Country:

The Netherlands

News Created: 15 February 2023

Coding, APIs and education with Low Code Fest winner - a gamified experience for St Martin Cultural Heritage Route

Education api low-code-fest

Low Code Fest 2022 encouraged students and educators to use Europeana’s APIs and data to develop innovative approaches and projects. We hear from staff and Tourism and AI students of Breda University of Applied Sciences about their winning project on religious cultural heritage.

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Title:

Tytöt katsovat televisiota juhlamekoissaan

Creator:

Kanerva, Teuvo

Institution:

Finnish Heritage Agency

Country:

Finland

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 13 February 2023

How the Watching Videos Like a Historian project will support media literacy throughout European classrooms

Projects Education

Watching Videos Like a Historian is an Erasmus+ project which will equip educators to use audiovisual resources when teaching media literacy, supporting students to become conscious and critical citizens. Discover the project and access the first resources it has produced.

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Title:

VR Kobzar screenshot. Permission granted for Europeana reuse.

Creator:

Hanna Dudich

Date:

2023

Institution:

Taras Shevchenko Lyceum

Country:

Ukraine

News Created: 7 February 2023

Coding, APIs and education with Low Code Fest winner VR Kobzar

Education api low-code-fest

Low Code Fest 2022 encouraged students and educators to use Europeana’s APIs and data to develop innovative approaches and projects. We hear from staff and students at Taras Shevchenko Lyceum, Kyiv, Ukraine, who tell us about their winning project ‘VR Kobzar.’

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Title:

Detail from Mum's the Word

Creator:

John Drysdale

Date:

1950/1959

Institution:

Victoria and Albert Museum

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

Publication Created: 31 January 2023

Europeana Communicators Community Work Plan 2023

Network communicators

The Europeana Communicators Community is one of the Europeana Network Association's specialist communities. Explore their work plan for 2023.

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Title:

Photo of Jorge C. S. Cardoso CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

Creator:

Jorge Cardoso

Date:

30/10/2016

Institution:

Personal

Country:

Portugal

News Created: 14 December 2022

Professionals in Focus - Jorge Cardoso

Network virtual-reality

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Jorge Cardoso tells us about his work with virtual and augmented reality.

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Title:

Rebecca Kahn. CC-BY-SA 3.0

Date:

2017

Institution:

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin

News Created: 23 November 2022

Professionals in Focus - Rebecca Kahn

Network Academic Research

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Rebecca Kahn talks about her career and work with Linked Open Data.

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Title:

UNIOR NLP Research Group at the EU Datathon awards ceremony. From left to right: Gennaro Nolano, Johanna Monti, Maria Pia di Buono, Giulia Speranza.

Date:

20 October 2022

Institution:

Image used with permission of data.europa.eu

News Created: 26 October 2022

Team using Europeana data win prize at the EU Datathon 2022

Academic Research open-data

The UNIOR NLP Research Group from the University of Naples L'Orientale were recently awarded a prize in the open data competition, EU Datathon 2022. With their entry using the Europeana.eu dataset, we hear about the app they developed.

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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

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:

Ubud in Batangas

Creator:

Denise Melanie Du Lagrosa

Date:

July 2022

Institution:

Denise Melanie Du Lagrosa

News Created: 17 October 2022

Professionals in Focus - Denise Lagrosa

Network

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Denise Lagrosa speaks about how her work as an environmental planner connects with her love of cultural heritage.

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Title:

Europeana 2022

Date:

2022

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 13 October 2022

Relive Europeana 2022 - recorded sessions now available

europeana-2022

Europeana 2022 - making digital culture count took place over three inspiring days in September 2022. Whether you joined our conference in person, followed on social media or want to explore what took place now, read on to discover the sessions, discussions and resources.

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Title:

Europeana 2022 making digital culture count

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 8 September 2022

Apply for a Europeana - ESACH bursary for Europeana 2022

europeana-2022 new-professionals

Are you a student or new professional who is a member of the European Students Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH)? You can apply for a bursary to attend Europeana 2022 in The Hague - read on to discover how!

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Title:

Eliane Waiwai, telling through the objects the myth of production manioc, CC-BY-NC-ND

Creator:

Beatrice Törnros

Date:

May 2022

Institution:

Museum of World Culture

Country:

Sweden

News Created: 25 August 2022

New project at the the National Museums of World Culture, Sweden explores crowdsourcing to decolonise data

Academic Research crowdsourcing research-grants-interviews #IMD2023

In 2021, the Europeana Research Grants Programme awarded funding for innovative projects exploring crowdsourcing and research. Hear about a pilot project which explored decolonialsing a Swedish database for museum collections.

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Title:

Europeana 2022

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 23 August 2022

Announcing our programme for Europeana 2022

conference europeana-2022

If you’re already looking forward to joining us at Europeana 2022, it’s time to get even more excited as we share details of our programme! Read on to discover the exciting keynotes, hybrid sessions and activities that we have planned for our conference on 28 - 30 September.

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Title:

Detail from Ruum

Creator:

Vardi, Aleksander

Institution:

Muzeum umění Tartu

Country:

Estonia

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 18 August 2022

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:

world from "Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography ... being a complete and universal history and description of the whole world ... To illustrate the work are introduced ... maps, charts ... and ... numerous engravings, etc".

Date:

1810

Institution:

British Library

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 11 August 2022

New project at the University of Warsaw explores cultural heritage geodata and crowdsourcing

Academic Research crowdsourcing research-grants-interviews

In 2021, Europeana Research Grants Programme awarded funding for innovative projects exploring crowdsourcing and research. Hear from a winning project at the University of Warsaw.

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Title:

Detail from Een haan met hennen en kuikens

Institution:

Rijksmuseum

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 5 August 2022

New project at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin explores crowdsourcing for the Anthropocene

Academic Research crowdsourcing research-grants-interviews

In 2021, Europeana Research Grants Programme awarded funding for innovative projects exploring crowdsourcing and research. Hear from a winning project at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.

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Title:

Nina Janz, in copyright.

Creator:

Noelle Schoen

Institution:

Nina Janz

News Created: 18 July 2022

Professionals in Focus - Nina Janz

Network

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Nina Janz tells us about her passion for facts and experiences working with documents from the Second World War.

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Title:

Marianna Marcucci. In copyright.

Creator:

Sandra Luoni

Date:

March 2021.

Institution:

Marianna Marcucci

News Created: 23 June 2022

Professionals in Focus - Marianna Marcucci

Network europeana-communicators

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Marianna Marcucci tells us about how her experiences in pharmacy and the hotel industry all contributed to her love for digital engagement.

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Title:

[Playa de Lloret de Mar]

Creator:

Desconegut

Date:

1930

Institution:

Girona City Council

Country:

Spain

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 3 June 2022

Data, collaboration and community - a summer look forward from Harry Verwayen

europeana-foundation data-space

As we move into the summer, Harry Verwayen, General Director of the Europeana Foundation, looks forward to Europeana's plans for the coming months and the topics in focus for the cultural heritage sector.

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Title:

Alexandra Milanova

Creator:

Malamir Spassov

Date:

2022-05-11

Institution:

IBSCT-BAS

News Created: 30 May 2022

Professionals in Focus - Alexandra Milanova

Network

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Alexandra Milanova tells us about her passion for academic work and the importance of digital preservation policies.

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Title:

Statue of Mary Seacole

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 18 May 2022

Uncovering inVISIBLEwomen

womens-history-month-2022 womens-history-month

Following our news posts marking Women’s History Month in March, we continue to speak to different projects and cultural heritage institutions to explore how they are showcasing women’s history. Today, Terri Bell-Halliwell tells us about the inVISIBLEwomen.org.uk initiative and its campaign for gender equality in civic statues in the UK.

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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

Get inspired by examples of digital storytelling in action

Network digital-storytelling europeana-communicators 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

Sharing women’s history through digital storytelling

digital-storytelling womens-history-month-2022 digital-storytelling-2022 womens-history-month

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:

Biodiversity Pavilion

Creator:

Maria Luisa Onida

Date:

2021

Institution:

IS Leonardo da Vinci of Lanusei

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 26 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: best New European Bauhaus project

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'best New European Bauhaus project' category about their experience.

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Title:

The 'Living on my Moon' project in Mozilla hubs

Creator:

Daniela Brogna

Date:

2021

Institution:

IC Pimentel Fonseca

Country:

Italy

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 25 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: best Europeana project

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'best Europeana project' category about their experience.

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Title:

The 'Children's Games' project in Mozilla hubs (in copyright)

Creator:

Sofronia Maravelaki

Date:

2021

Institution:

Iraklia’s Junior High School

Country:

Greece

News Created: 21 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: the Greece winner

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'Greece' category about their experience.

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Title:

Francesca Condorelli

Creator:

Francesca Condorelli

Date:

2021

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 20 April 2022

Professionals in Focus: Francesca Condorelli

Network member-council

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Francesca Condorelli tells us about her work reconstructing built heritage and the key role that digital can play.

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Title:

Historical monuments of Tomar

Creator:

Cristina Paula Marques

Date:

2021

Institution:

Agrupamento de Escolas Nuno de Santa Maria

Country:

Portugal

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 19 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: the Portugal winner

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'Portugal' category about their experience.

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Title:

Anatomical Open Air Museum in Mozilla hubs - CC-BY-NC-ND

Creator:

Luigia Palumbo

Date:

2021

Institution:

Capozzi-Galilei School

Country:

Italy

News Created: 12 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: the Italy winner

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'Italy' category about their experience.

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Title:

Inside the Mozilla hub designed by CODEMA students

Creator:

Rafael Montero

Date:

2021

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 7 April 2022

Built with Bits – an educational challenge: the Spain winner

Education built-with-bits-interviews new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. We interview the winner of the programme's 'Spain' category about their experience.

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Title:

Macedonia Studio team in the Built with Bits virtual space

Creator:

Macedonia

Date:

2021

Institution:

Macedonia

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 5 April 2022

Looking back on Built with Bits - an educational challenge with immersive technologies

Education new-european-bauhaus built-with-bits-interviews built-with-bits

Europeana’s ‘Built with Bits’ programme invited students and educators to combine collaborative learning experiences and digital technologies with the values at the heart of the New European Bauhaus movement. Course conveners Daniel Llamas and David Mingorance tell us about the programme.

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Title:

Collecting stories and images from Cypriotic communities for WeAre#EuropeForCulture, Limassol

Date:

2019

Institution:

Cyprus University of Technology

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 21 March 2022

Professionals in Focus: Sofie Taes

Network

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Sofie Taes tells us about her musical background, the joys and challenges of juggling projects and her aim to ‘curate and care’ with Europeana’s collections.

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Title:

Contraceptive pill - pack showing days+ pill

Creator:

Kate Whitley

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 8 March 2022

Heritage, history and contraception - behind the scenes of ‘The Pill’ exhibition

Collections womens-history-month-2022 womens-history-month

On International Women’s Day 2022, Europeana has published ‘The Pill’, a fascinating exhibition exploring the history of the contraceptive pill and birth control. We hear about how the exhibition - curated and created by six students at KU Leuven in Belgium - has been brought to Europeana.

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Title:

A school class visiting the exhibition SHHH! Stories about abortions and sexuality

Creator:

Ali Suliman

Date:

2021

Institution:

Women's Museum of Norway

Country:

Norway

Copyright:

CC BY-NC-SA

News Created: 2 March 2022

Marking Women’s History Month with the Women’s Museum of Norway

womens-history-month-2022 womens-history-month

As we mark Women’s History Month in March, we speak to different projects and cultural heritage institutions to find out more about their work and what they are doing for the month. We interviewed the Women’s Museum of Norway to hear about their history, new exhibitions and plans for International Women’s Day.

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Title:

ESACH coordination committee

Creator:

ESACH

Date:

2022

Institution:

ESACH

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 1 March 2022

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

new-professionals-interviews new-professionals

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:

Ines Vodopivec. In copyright.

Creator:

Blaž Samec

Date:

December 2021.

Institution:

Delo

News Created: 25 February 2022

Professionals in Focus: Ines Vodopivec

Network Academic Research

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Ines Vodopivec talks about her love for libraries, digitisation strategies and her role as a Councillor.

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Title:

The Heritage Field School

Date:

2021

Institution:

The Future is Heritage

Country:

The Netherlands

News Created: 24 February 2022

Supporting new professionals: The Future is Heritage

new-professionals-interviews new-professionals

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 Future is Heritage network.

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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

Supporting new professionals: the ICA’s New Professionals Programme

new-professionals-interviews new-professionals

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:

Poet-singers, oil painting, sketch, c.1890-1900

Creator:

Saarinen, Eliel

Institution:

Museum of Finnish Architecture

Country:

Finland

Copyright:

CC BY

Publication Created: 15 February 2022

Communicators Community Work Plan 2022

Network europeana-communicators

The Europeana Communicators Community is one of the Europeana Network Association's specialist communities. Explore their work plan for 2022.

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Title:

20th Anniversary of Sneška Quaedvlieg - Mihailović as Secretary General of Europa Nostra

Creator:

Felix Q Media

Institution:

Europa Nostra

Copyright:

CC BY-NC-SA

News Created: 9 February 2022

New European Bauhaus - an interview with Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović

new-european-bauhaus new-european-bauhaus-interview

The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We speak to Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary General of Europa Nostra, about the key role that cultural heritage can play.

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Title:

Antonio Davide Madonna

Creator:

Antonio Davide Madonna

Date:

2022

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 18 January 2022

Professionals in Focus: Antonio Davide Madonna

Network aggregators-forum members-council

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Antonio Davide Madonna tells us about his work at CulturaItalia and passion for open data.

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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

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 2021

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 1 December 2021

Looking back on Europeana 2021

europeana-2021

Europeana 2021 took place over three full and inspiring days! We were delighted that over 1,750 of you signed up to attend the conference, joining cultural heritage professionals across the globe to listen to more than 60 speakers, attend over 50 sessions and share in varied social activities. Read on to relive the event and find out how you can access the sessions that took place.

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Title:

Europeana 2021

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 28 October 2021

Announcing our programme for Europeana 2021

Network conference europeana-2021

You’ve booked your ticket; it’s in your diary; you’re excited to network with cultural heritage professionals across Europe. It’s now time to explore the programme for Europeana 2021! Read on to discover the exciting keynotes, panels and sessions planned for our conference on 10 - 12 November and find out how to build your own programme.

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Title:

Ina Blümel

Institution:

TIB Hannover

Country:

Germany

News Created: 20 October 2021

Professionals in Focus: Ina Blümel

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Ina Blümel reflects on her career and passion for architecture, teaching and research and development.

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Europeana 2021

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Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

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CC BY-SA

News Created: 5 October 2021

Register now for Europeana 2021

conference europeana-2021

Europeana 2021 will take place online from 10 - 12 November and you can now secure your place for free! Find out more about how we will bring professionals from across our sector together to connect, learn and discuss all things digital cultural heritage.

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Title:

Frederik Truyen

Institution:

KU Leuven

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 27 September 2021

Professionals in Focus: Frederik Truyen

Network Education member-council professionals education-theme-2021

For ‘Professionals in Focus’, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Frederik Truyen tells us about his career and work at KU Leuven and the recent work of the Europeana Education Community.

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Marie-Véronique Leroi at EuropeanaTech Conference 2018

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

15-05-18

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 21 September 2021

New European Bauhaus: an interview with Marie-Véronique Leroi

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The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We interview Marie-Véronique Leroi of the French Ministry of Culture and Chair of the Europeana Aggregators’ Forum.

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Title:

Fred Saunderson

Creator:

Fred Saunderson

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CC BY-SA

News Created: 27 August 2021

Professionals in Focus: Fred Saunderson

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For ‘Professionals in Focus’ , we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Fred Saunderson tells us about his work as Rights and Information Manager at the National Library of Scotland.

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Title:

Harry Verwayen

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

2018

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 12 August 2021

New European Bauhaus - an interview with Harry Verwayen

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The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We interview Harry Verwayen, General Director of the Europeana Foundation, about the key role cultural heritage can play in the initiative and in digital space.

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Title:

Héctor Aliaga

Creator:

Héctor Aliaga

News Created: 5 August 2021

New European Bauhaus - an interview with Héctor Aliaga

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The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We interview Héctor Aliaga about the key role which cultural heritage and new and emerging professionals can play in the initiative.

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Evelien Hauwaerts giving a tour at the exhibition Haute Lecture by Colard Mansion, Bruges.

Creator:

Evelien Hauwaerts

Date:

2018

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 26 July 2021

Professionals in Focus: Evelien Hauwaerts

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Evelien Hauwaerts explores the joys of working in a library and her passion for IIIF.

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Title:

Merete Sanderhoff

Creator:

Jonas Heide Smith

Institution:

SMK

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 21 July 2021

New European Bauhaus - an interview with Merete Sanderhoff

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The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We interview Merete Sanderhoff about the key role which cultural heritage can play in the intiative.

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Weaving Jerusalem, the Paley Center, 1991, © Susan Hazan

News Created: 15 July 2021

New European Bauhaus - an interview with Susan Hazan

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The European Commission’s New European Bauhaus initiative wants to put sustainability, inclusivity and beauty at the heart of Europe’s future. We interview Susan Hazan about the key role which cultural heritage and networks can play in the intiative.

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Milena Dobreva presenting MA Library and Information studies at UCL Qatar, Doha.

Creator:

Milena Dobreva

Date:

2017

Copyright:

CC0

News Created: 28 June 2021

Professionals in Focus - Milena Dobreva

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For ‘Professionals in Focus’ , we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Milena Dobreva discusses the concept of heteromation and bringing together GLAM and research sectors.

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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

Supporting new professionals in the cultural heritage sector

Impact framework Network 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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Nienke van Schaverbeke at Past:Forward Conference, Erfgoed Brabant

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

11-09-2019

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 28 April 2021

Professionals in Focus - Nienke van Schaverbeke

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Nienke van Schaverbeke discusses the inspiring projects she is working on at Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision and her excitement for Europeana Sport!

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Cynthia Liem. In Copyright.

Creator:

Marcel Krijger

Date:

2016-12-10

News Created: 14 April 2021

Pioneering AI for digital cultural heritage - an interview with Dr Cynthia Liem

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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 Cynthia Liem discusses her career as a musician and researcher, and the possibilities AI holds for the cultural heritage and performing arts sectors.

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Title:

Georgia Manolopoulou

Creator:

Georgia Manolopoulou

Date:

2021/23/03

Copyright:

CC BY-NC-SA

News Created: 30 March 2021

Professionals in Focus: Georgia Manolopoulou

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Georgia Manolopoulou shares her work and the important role Europeana can play in shaping cultural citizenship.

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Dr Marieke van Erp. In Copyright.

Creator:

Eef Evers

Date:

2019/03/21

Institution:

Vogin-IP

News Created: 29 March 2021

Pioneering AI for digital cultural heritage - an interview with Dr Marieke van Erp

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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. Marieke van Erp discusses the importance of collaboration between computer science and cultural heritage, and introduces us to the new Cultural AI Lab.

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Title:

Maria-Cristina Marinescu, In Copyright

Creator:

Maria-Cristina Marinescu

Date:

2021

News Created: 19 March 2021

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

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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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Emmanuelle Bermes

Creator:

Emmanuelle Bermes

Date:

2021

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 10 March 2021

Pioneering AI for digital cultural heritage - an interview with Dr Emmanuelle Bermes

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On Europeana Pro this month, we are exploring Artificial Intelligence (AI) related activities in the cultural heritage sector, and shining a light on women leading research, projects and work in this area. Today, Dr Emmanuelle Bermes of the National Library of France discusses the enormous potential of AI for large collections - and the challenge of realising it!

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Cosmina Berta at the event ''Exposing Online the European Cultural Heritage''

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

2019-04-17

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 16 February 2021

Professionals in Focus: Cosmina Berta

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Cosmina Berta discusses her role at the German Digital Library (DDB) as well as the challenges and opportunities of heterogeneous data.

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Title:

Alexandra Angeletaki

Creator:

Nils Kr. Th. Eikeland/NTNU Univesity library

News Created: 20 January 2021

Professionals in Focus: Alexandra Angeletaki

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Europeana Network Association Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Alexandra Angeletaki discusses her work at the Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology and perspectives as an archaeologist.

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Robert Davies

News Created: 9 December 2020

Professionals in Focus: Robert Davies

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Robert Davies speaks about involvement in projects with Europeana and the importance of capacity building.

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Title:

Moterys valtyje (kairėje sėdi Kazė Vaitkienė)

Date:

1935

Institution:

Lithuanian Art Museum

Country:

Lithuania

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 18 November 2020

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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Clemens Neudecker at EuropeanaTech Conference 2018

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 22 October 2020

Professionals in Focus - Clemens Neudecker

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Clemens Neudecker discusses his role as a research advisor at the Berlin State Library and the value of being part of the Europeana Network Association.

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Marco Streefkerk at Europeana2019 - Connect Communities

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

27 - 29 November 2019

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 September 2020

Professionals in Focus: Marco Streefkerk

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions member-council professionals

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Marco Streefkerk discusses digital curation at the Anne Frank House, and facing the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis.

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Title:

Hans van der Linden at Europeana2019 - Connect Communities

Creator:

Sebastiaan ter Burg

Date:

National Library of Portugal, Lisbon - 27-29 November 2019

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 23 July 2020

Professionals in Focus: Hans van der Linden

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions digital-transformation member-council professionals

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Hans van der Linden discusses taking a holistic approach to digital transformation, and his work as a Policy Advisor at the Flemish Government Department of Culture, Youth and Media.

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Palazzo Marigliano, Italy. Participants of the 3rd round of the European Heritage Weeks - Facebook Live Visits

Date:

2020-05-30

Institution:

Palazzo Marigliano

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 8 July 2020

An interview with European Historic Houses

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In this post, Marion Ratier of European Historic Houses discusses the online initiatives European Historic Houses organised during closures caused by COVID-19, and the ongoing relevance of these projects even as some houses begin to reopen.

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Pilar Hortal-Irala, CC BY-NC-ND

Creator:

Gonzalo Arruego and Pilar Irala-Hortal

Date:

Paris, 2017

News Created: 26 June 2020

Professionals in Focus: Pilar Irala-Hortal

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions member-council professionals spain

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Pilar Irala-Hortal, Director of the Archivo Fotográfico Jalón Ángel, discusses her work in the archive and enthusiasm for bringing photographic heritage to wider audiences.

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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

Introducing Europeana's ‘Discovering Europe’ season

Campaigns Collections 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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TuEuropeana 2019, Educational workshop ‘Nauczyciel XXI wieku i nowe technologie w edukacji’

Creator:

Bartek Syta for FINA

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 25 May 2020

Professionals in Focus: Maria Drabczyk

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month Maria Drabczyk, chief international projects expert at the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute Poland, discusses encouraging engagement with collections, addressing ‘puzzles’ when sharing cultural heritage, and the importance of understanding impact.

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Title:

Nokia pappers- och cellulosafabrik, Finland.

Creator:

Edlund

Date:

1902

Institution:

Tekniska museet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 15 May 2020

Europeana and IIIF 3D: next steps and added dimensions?

Collections Data standards Cultural Heritage Institutions 3d 3d-series europeanatech

In an abridged post from the online journal EuropeanaTech Insight, we focus on some of the challenges the cultural heritage sector faces in the quest for interoperable 3D models, written by Ronald Haynes.

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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

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

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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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Killian Downing, National Archives of Ireland, presents at Europeana AGM 2018

Date:

December 2018

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

The Netherlands

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 30 April 2020

Professionals in Focus: Killian Downing

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month Killian Downing discusses the importance of open access, his work with cultural heritage professionals in Ireland, and his involvement with Europeana communities.

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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

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

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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

Ideas for digital engagement in the time of COVID-19

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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

Supporting cultural heritage professionals in the time of COVID-19

Cultural Heritage Institutions coronavirus covid-19 impact 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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Dafydd Tudur leading a discussion at Europeana2019 - Connect Communities, CC-BY-4.0

Creator:

Sebastiaan Ter Burg

Date:

27-29 November 2019

Institution:

Europeana Foundation

Country:

Netherlands

News Created: 26 March 2020

Professionals in Focus: Dafydd Tudur

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions member-council professionals wales impact rise-of-literacy

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month Dafydd Tudur, Head of Access and Public Programmes at The National Library of Wales, discusses the importance of understanding users, change at the Library and getting involved in Europeana initiatives.

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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

Introducing the new Europeana Pro

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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:

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

Europeana and Time Machine take next steps towards new applications for digital cultural heritage

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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

Exploring the global picture of Open GLAM

Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions open-access open-glam public-domain-day-2020 publicdomain

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

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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Title:

Lóa Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir

Creator:

Hafsteinn Óskarsson

Date:

2019-10-09

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 24 January 2020

Professionals in Focus: Lóa Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir, History Teacher

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Lóa Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir discusses her 30 year career as a teacher and the importance of embracing digital resources.

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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

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

What you were reading on Europeana Pro News in 2019

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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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Title:

Textiles: a three-quarter view of a power loom, with admiring visitors either side. Engraving

Date:

c.1862

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 10 December 2019

Talking about revolutions – from the industrial to the digital

Cultural Heritage Institutions digital-culture europe-at-work industrialheritage

In this guest post in our Europe at Work series, Karl B. Murr, Director of the State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg, reflects on the parallels between industrial and digital revolutions and running an industrial museum in a digital age.

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Title:

Maria Engberg

Creator:

Malmö University

Institution:

Malmö University

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 26 November 2019

Professionals in Focus: Maria Engberg, Senior Lecturer at Malmö University

Network Academic Research Cultural Heritage Institutions members_council professionals research sweden

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Maria Engberg, Senior Lecturer at Malmö University, discusses building an interdisciplinary research environment and her enduring fascination with digital literature.

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Title:

The Culture Chatbot on the CulturaItalia website

Creator:

Culture Chatbot

Date:

2019

Institution:

Culture Chatbot

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

News Created: 18 November 2019

The Culture Chatbot - engaging visitors with your collections

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How can cultural heritage institutions use chatbots to engage visitors, help them find content and answer common questions? The Culture Chatbot project has been exploring these questions, and in this post Pavel Kats from the Jewish Heritage Network, the organisation behind the project, explains the work they have done so far and how you can benefit from their expertise.

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Title:

Transcribathon participants

Creator:

Ingrid Oentrich

Date:

2019

Institution:

Austrian National Library

Country:

Austria

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 15 November 2019

Enrich Europeana: launching the renewed Transcribathon platform

Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions Culture lover crowdsourcing enrich-europeana generic-services transcribathon

The Enrich Europeana platform aims to make it possible for users to transcribe and enrich a wide variety of digital heritage collections. In this guest post, Ting Chung of the Austrian National Library - a project partner in Enrich Europeana - gives us an update on the launch of the project’s new crowdsourcing tool for transcribing, annotating, and georeferencing historical documents.

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Title:

An overcrowded artificial flower maker's workshop, Oxford Street. The room, less than ten feet square, contained twenty young women at work.

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

Copyright:

CC BY

News Created: 7 November 2019

Europe at Work: Teaching about working women

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As part of Europe at Work we look at how EUROCLIO is using industrial heritage material to create learning resources for educators on their Historiana portal. This post explores their Women Working source collection, which encourages students to consider how the availability of source material from a certain period influences and shapes our perspective of that time.

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Title:

Troligen byggandet av verkstadshallen Bolinders Mekaniska.

Creator:

Okänd

Institution:

Tekniska museet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

Public Domain

News Created: 30 October 2019

Europe at Work on social media

Campaigns Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Culture lover collection-day europe-at-work social-media

Europeana’s current season, Europe at Work, invites people to share stories about working lives past and present. In this post, we offer ideas and inspiration on how cultural heritage institutions can use social media to engage audiences with the season and showcase their own material.

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Title:

Fonograf

Creator:

The American Graphophone Co

Date:

1898-01-01 - 1901-01-01

Institution:

Tekniska museet

Country:

Sweden

Copyright:

CC BY

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Open GLAM now! A webinar series for Europeana Common Culture

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The Europeana Common Culture project aims to improve the content from Europeana’s national aggregators. The Swedish National Heritage Board - a Common Culture project partner - discusses their open-access webinar series, ‘Open GLAM now!’.

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Interiör av Edisons elektriska belysningsstation i New York år 1882. Ur Scientific American.

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Scientific American

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1882

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Tekniska museet

Country:

Sweden

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Public Domain

News Created: 24 October 2019

Europe at Work: The Age of Synergies in the classroom

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As part of Europe at Work we look at how EUROCLIO is using industrial heritage material to create learning resources for educators on their Historiana portal. This post explores their Age of Synergies source collection, which encourages students to explore the complex interplay of historical cause and consequence.

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James Morley

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Caroline Cornish

Date:

2019

Country:

United Kingdom

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CC0

News Created: 23 October 2019

Professionals in Focus: James Morley, Museums Data and Reuse Specialist

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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council! This month, James Morley discusses working with data gathered during the centenary of the First World War and the importance of creative experimentation.

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Aristotle and Alexander from BL Royal 20 B XX, f. 10v

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c. 1420 1415 - 1429

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The British Library

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United Kingdom

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Public Domain

News Created: 22 October 2019

The Rise of Literacy: bringing 13 cultural heritage institutions together to connect written cultural treasures

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Running from September 2017-February 2019, the Rise of Literacy in Europe Generic Service project explored the use of written text in European culture from the 6th to the 20th century to tell the story of literacy in Europe. Renata Šolar from the National and University Library of Slovenia discusses its achievements and why it was so important for her institution to be involved.

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News Created: 17 October 2019

Fashion and the Politics of Heritage - EFHA International Conference 2019

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The 8-9 November 2019 will see the sixth European Fashion Heritage Association (EFHA) International Conference take place in London. This year’s theme is Fashion and the Politics of Heritage, and this guest post from the EFHA team takes a look at some of the topics under discussion.

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Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (pl. 1)

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Hughes, S.G. (werkz. XIXA)Shaw, I. (werkz. XIXA)Ackermann, R. (1764-1834)

Date:

1833

Institution:

Teylers Museum

Country:

Netherlands

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CC BY-NC

News Created: 10 October 2019

Europe at Work: Railways and their role in the classroom

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As part of Europe at Work we look at how EUROCLIO is using industrial heritage material to create learning resources for educators on their Historiana portal. This post explores their Railways and Connectivity source collection, which helps students explore the development of railways over time, consider the different ways in which they were used, and evaluate their impact.

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Pressrelease Created: 7 October 2019

GIF IT UP returns for its sixth year to fill the internet with cultural heritage

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From 1 - 31 October 2019, GIF-makers, cultural heritage enthusiasts and fans of all things digital can take part in the sixth annual GIF IT UP competition.

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