Introduction to collections, audiences and stories on Europeana.eu

This introductory course helps you to understand how to find collections on Europeana.eu, how collections from institutions across Europe are brought together on the Europeana.eu website, and how you can use collections on Europeana.eu to help you reach a range of different audiences.

It will introduce you to Europeana.eu’s target audiences and the editorial formats available to connect with them. At the end of the course you will have created a gallery to share on social media.

Who is this course for?
This course is for you if you recognise yourself in one or more of the descriptions below. You are: 

• New to Europeana.eu, possibly working for institutions whose digitised collections are available on Europeana.eu.
• A cultural heritage professional who wants to promote the digitised cultural heritage collections your institution or project has made available via Europeana.eu, using storytelling formats.
• An academic/researcher who wants to present their research, or working in a university communications team who wants to promote their institution’s collections in the form of an exhibition on Europeana.eu.
• An educator looking for collections to include in learning scenarios or other educational material.

Learning goals

• Understand how to find specific collections on Europeana.eu.
• Understand how collections from different institutions come together on Europeana.eu.
• Understand who uses Europeana.eu and what they’re looking for.
• Understand Europeana.eu’s editorial formats.
• Apply your understanding to produce a list of ideas for editorial stories.
• Create and share your own gallery on Europeana.eu.

If you represent a contributing organisation, use your institution’s Usage Statistics Dashboard to gain insights into how your collections are being accessed.

This event will take place at 10:00am CEST.

Please note that this is a participatory course. You are expected to attend the whole session online through Zoom and to interact with the trainer and other participants throughout. The course will be run through Zoom and use digital tools.