Forthcoming event highlights - November
Here’s the must-know information for some of the forthcoming Europeana partner and cultural heritage key events. Interested? Follow the links to find out more or to register.
Forthcoming events
Europeana 1989 Collection Days
The public are encouraged to bring their experiences and memorabilia from the period of the fall of the Iron Curtain to collection days:
17 November, Prague, Czech Republic
23 November, Olomouc, Czech Republic
30 November, Opava, Czech Republic
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Europeana 1914-1918 Family History Roadshows
Bring your First World War stories and memorabilia to Family History Roadshows:
9-16 November, 70+ venues in France
29-30 November, Bratislava, Slovakia
6-7 December, Kosice, Slovakia
13-14 December, Martin, Slovakia
14 December, Herentals, Belgium
30-31 January, Berlin, Germany
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World Digital Library Partner Meeting, 18-19 November, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. At this year's partner meeting, Europeana will be presenting 'The Rules of Engagement' for social media.
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7th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference, 19-22 November, Thessalonkiki, Greece
This conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners that share a common interest in the interdisciplinary field of metadata, linked data and ontologies. Participants will share novel knowledge and best practice in the implementation of these semantic technologies across diverse types of Information Environments and applications.
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Annual General Meeting of the Europeana Network and DISH - the bi-annual international conference about digital strategies for heritage, 2-3 December, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Together, the AGM and DISH form a very relevant two-day event for Europeana Network members.
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REMIX Global Summit 2013, 3-4 December, London, UK
REMIX Global Summits tackle the big ideas shaping the future of the cultural sector. They are a forum where creative leaders from different sectors can exchange insights, ideas and work together towards common goals.
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Future Library Unconference, 9-10 December, Athens, Greece
The Unconference, also supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and by the European Commission through the Europeana Awareness Best Practice Network, will highlight the role of modern public library services in engaging people of all ages with their culture, learning and communities. It aims to bring together public library stakeholders from Greece, the Balkan region, Europe and beyond.
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Unlocking Sources - The First World War online & Europeana: 30-31 January 2014, Berlin, Germany
The completion of Europeana Collections 1914-1918, EFG1914 and the anniversary of the First World war commemorated by Europeana 1914-1918 in 2014 offers the opportunity for a discussion of the new digital offerings around the First World War and Europeana. A two-day international conference at the Berlin State Library will discuss how history can be presented online. The Call for Papers has been published and the deadline is 15 July 2013.
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Our image for November:''Harlescott Bonfire scene', National Library of Wales and The European Library, CC BY-NC-SA.
More on events
Check out our events calendar for other diary dates and our presentations page for slides from recent events.
Your events
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