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Pressrelease Created: 21 April 2017 Eleanor Kenny
Europeana launches a social media tribute to World Book Day
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For World Book Day, Europeana wants people to engage with famous European texts using social media, taking them on a month long literary tour of Europe.
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Title:
Butterfly from BL Royal 1 E V, f. 5
Date:
1509 - 1519
Institution:
British Library
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
Public Domain
Blog Created: 31 August 2017 Marjolein de Vos
IIIF datasets in Europeana: A scholar’s delight
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Since its conception in 2011, the international community of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) has taken important steps in improving the way cultural heritage institutions (CHIs) present images on their digital collections platforms.
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News Created: 26 September 2017 Nicole McNeilly
Introducing the Rise of Literacy Generic Services project: digitizing Europe’s textual heritage
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Read about our kick off meeting to create text based collections
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Title:
Jean de Meun writing in his study
Creator:
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
Date:
c. 1380
Institution:
The British Library
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
Public Domain
Project 1 September 2017 - 28 February 2019
Rise of Literacy
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Rise of Literacy project explored the history of the written text in Europe and aimed to showcase related cultural treasures on the Europeana collections website.  
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