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Title:
22.0 IBM Diverse maskiner
Date:
1979
Institution:
Telemuseet
Country:
Norway
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 20 September 2019 Beth Daley
How we’re improving the quality of the material in Europeana Collections
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There are tens of millions of items on Europeana Collections but we know that not all of them are easy to find or easy to use and that can be frustrating. So we’re working hard to improve that. 
How easy an item is to find or to use depends in part on the types and quality of the information we have about it. This post looks at how Europeana is supporting cultural heritage institutions to improve the digital files (content) and the accompanying information (metadata) that they provide for both new and existing collections.
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Title:
A man flying in the air with wings and balloons attached to him. Coloured wood engraving.
Institution:
Wellcome Collection
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 12 September 2019 Beth Daley
How material gets from galleries, libraries, archives and museums into Europeana Collections
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Since January 2015, Europeana has been one of the European Union’s Digital Service Infrastructures (DSI). In this series, we will look at some of the Europeana DSI activities, giving you a greater understanding of the endeavours and challenges we’re working on right now. We start with the cultural heritage itself. It’s what Europeana is all about.
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Publication Created: 15 June 2016
Europeana Search Strategy
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This document discusses the question of the search and navigation paradigm required for a platform that attempts to represent not just an individual exhibition or organisation, but the GLAM sector as a whole. How does one navigate and discover ‘culture’, at scale?
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