Kathryn Cassidy

Software Engineer Digital Repository of Ireland Ireland Academic Research

I am a member of technical team at the Digital Repository of Ireland
(DRI), a Trusted Digital Repository for Irish Cultural and Heritage data
and newly accredited Europeana National Aggregator. I lead the DRI's
Europeana-related activities, including developing our aggregation
service as well as working with our data providers to prepare their
collections for Europeana. I am interested in 3D data and was a member
of the 3D Content in Europeana Task Force. I am also heavily involved in
policy development and training initiatives.

Blogposts

Title: Glengara Park winning the Schools Lacrosse Shield

Date: 1947

Institution: Rathdown Schools Archive via Europeana Sport

Country: Ireland
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News Created: 17 December 2020

Collecting Ireland's sport stories during COVID-19

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With public events in 2020 largely cancelled, public engagement events have been difficult. We speak with partners in Ireland who have been working on projects collecting stories from the public during the pandemic.

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Title: 3D surface reconstruction of Beheenagh Bridge, Co. Kerry from the TII Collection with Octree depth 5,7 and 10

Country: Ireland
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News Created: 11 December 2020

Introducing the Europeana Common Culture 3D pilot

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In this post, we look at the work carried out under the Europeana Common Culture project to investigate best practice for aggregating 3D content to Europeana and develop a functional application to support 3D aggregation.

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Title: The Ha'Penny Bridge Dublin

Creator: Samuel Frederick Brocas

Date: 1818

Institution: National Library of Ireland

Country: Ireland
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News Created: 6 March 2020

Little by little, one travels far: Europeana developments in Ireland

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Europeana has been supporting the discovery of Ireland’s cultural heritage for over a decade and in this post we explore some of the more recent developments, including the work of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) as the new national aggregator.

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Kathryn Cassidy

Blogposts

Collecting Ireland's sport stories during COVID-19

Introducing the Europeana Common Culture 3D pilot

Little by little, one travels far: Europeana developments in Ireland