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FRAD071-162 Un couple franco-italien dans la Grande Guerre. | Marie BENEDICTI

Institution:

Europeana 1914-1918

Country:

Netherlands

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CC0

News Created: 2 October 2018 Sara Di Giorgio

Bringing culture back to the people: Transcribathon Italia

Cultural Heritage Institutions Culture lover Transcribathon Italy

We talk to Sara Di Giorgio about the importance of digitising cultural heritage as she organised Italy’s first transcribathon as a means of connecting people with their own heritage.

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News Created: 26 September 2018

Award win for culture app: Greetings from Zagreb

Content promotion Cultural Heritage Institutions Reuse Croatia Picture-this

We spoke to the team behind the award-winning app, Sofija Klarin Zadravec, Digital Library Adviser, National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) and Dragana Koljenik, Croatian Institute for Librarianship (NSK) about what it takes to bring cultural heritage to life, and their grand plans for new technology developments.

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Neurones connecting, artwork

Creator:

Stephen Magrath

Institution:

Wellcome Collection

Country:

United Kingdom

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Public Domain

News Created: 25 September 2018 Harry Verwayen

Could AI and data mining technologies overcome issues in cultural heritage?

Cultural Heritage Institutions Copyright Digital-transformation Audiovisual Eu

Today, Europeana Executive Director Harry Verwayen spoke at the EBU event Cultural heritage for the future: the role of media innovation. In his presentation which follows, Harry illustrates the challenges facing digital audiovisual archives, and the potential of new technologies, including AI, to overcome these challenges.

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Military band

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photographer unknown

Date:

1915

Institution:

Ralf Kranz/Europeana 1914-1918

Country:

Netherlands

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CC BY-SA

News Created: 5 September 2018 Alba Irollo

Europeana Research Grants Programme: the new call is out!

Funding Cultural Heritage Institutions Academic Research Grants-programme Submissions-2018 1914-1918

The third Europeana Research Grants Programme is now open for submissions. The focus for this year’s grant proposals is the First World War.

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Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect.

Creator:

Robert Burns

Date:

18th Century

Institution:

National Library of Scotland

Country:

United Kingdom

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CC BY

News Created: 4 September 2018 Anette Hagan

The Rise of Literacy: contemporary relevance of libraries and literacy

Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Academic Research Education Library Rise-of-literacy Scotland

We spoke to Dr Anette Hagan, Rare Books Curator (for early printed collections to 1700) from the National Library of Scotland about what makes libraries still relevant in a contemporary society, their value for the community, and why literacy is still important today.

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The 'Venetica' Visual Gallery on the Venice Scholar

Creator:

Matteo Romanello

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CC BY-SA

News Created: 30 August 2018 Alba Irollo

Enriching user experience with dynamic retrieval and display

Funding Academic Research Grants-programme

Hear from 2017 Europeana research grant winner Matteo Romanello, post-doctoral researcher in the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

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EPIC’s Storytelling gallery

Date:

2018

Institution:

EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum

Country:

Ireland

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CC BY-SA

News Created: 23 August 2018 Nathan Mannion

EPIC collections spotlight the uniqueness of legacy

Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Collection-day Europeanamigration Ireland

As a part of Europeana Migration, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin has been hosting a series of collections days. We speak with Senior Curator, Nathan Mannion about what it takes to delve into Ireland’s migration history, and the sweet fickleness of personal legacy.

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Military band

Creator:

photographer unknown

Date:

1915

Institution:

Ralf Kranz/Europeana 1914-1918

Copyright:

CC BY-SA

Blog Created: 5 September 2018

Europeana Research Grants Programme: 2018 Call for Submissions

Collections Funding Cultural Heritage Institutions Academic Research Grants-programme Submissions-2018 1914-1918

Eligibility details, application guidelines, terms and other useful information.

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The European Parliament

Date:

Feb 5, 2016

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CC0

News Created: 5 July 2018

The digital transformation - Europe's defining transition

Advocacy Cultural Heritage Institutions Edm Conference Digital-transformation EU

Europeana Executive Director Harry Verwayen was invited to speak at the European Parliament's 'Cultural heritage in Europe: linking past and future' conference on 26 June 2018. The speech he gave highlights the importance of digital cultural heritage within the current digital transformation.

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Attendees at the Wikidata Workshop the day before EuropeanaTech

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@wittylama

News Created: 15 June 2018 Liam Wyatt Jolan Wuyts Sandra Fauconnier

Harnessing the power of structured data: a Wikidata workshop

Advocacy Creative industries Europeanatech Wikidata Wikimedia

Learning how to share to, build upon, and research with Wikidata were the key lessons from EuropeanaTech 2018. As more cultural organisations proactively engage in freely licensed structured data, Europeana is helping network members gain skills.

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