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EuropeanaTech Community

Who we are

EuropeanaTech is the community of experts, developers, and researchers from the R&D sector within the greater Europeana Network Association.

What we do

We coordinate research and development endeavors that seek to improve the standing of European digital cultural heritage and facilitate knowledge across the sector at large.

Why join?

  • Network and collaborate with multidisciplinary technical professionals from around the world in Europeana’s largest digital cultural heritage community

  • Contribute to the forefront of digital cultural heritage through proposing and participating in EuropeanaTech Task Forces

  • Engage in discussion on our EuropeanaTech mailing list with over 1,000 other heritage technical professionals

  • Share your work through blogs or tackle bigger topics through our own publication, EuropeanaTech Insight.

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Activities and resources

R&D recommendations
Title:
View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds
Creator:
Jacob van Ruisdael
Date:
Circa 1675
Institution:
Mauritshuis
Country:
Netherlands

R&D recommendations

Research and development recommendation reports produced as outcomes of activites of the EuropeanaTech special interest community.

EuropeanaTech Insight
Title:
Der Circus auf den Sie warten! Brumbach sehen heisst den Pulsschlag der Welt erleben
Institution:
Circus Museum
Country:
Netherlands

EuropeanaTech Insight

A multimedia publication about R&D developments by the EuropeanaTech Community

Europeana and IIIF
Title:
Frost Fair on a Frozen River with Ships
Date:
1773
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
Netherlands

Europeana and IIIF

Resources and information to support cultural heritage professionals to work with the International Image Interoperability Framework.

EuropeanaTech Community Work Plan
Title:
Sonata No. 6 (Sonata of the Stars). Allegro. Andante
Creator:
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Date:
1908
Institution:
M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art
Country:
Lithuania

EuropeanaTech Community Work Plan

The EuropeanaTech Community is one of the Europeana Network Association's specialist communities. Explore their work plan for 2025.

EuropeanaTech 2023

EuropeanaTech 2018

Task Forces

As a member of EuropeanaTech you can lead the way by contributing to or proposing Task Forces centred around a specific area. Explore our Task Forces below.

Meet the Steering Group

Henk Alkemade

Henk Alkemade

Enterprise archtitect/ (Historic) Landscapes specialist

Independent

Andrija Sagic

Andrija Sagic

Head of Digitization Department

Milutin Bojić Library

Clemens Neudecker

Clemens Neudecker

Project Coordinator

Berlin State Library

Georgia Angelaki

Georgia Angelaki

National Aggregator to Europeana Project Lead

National Documentation Centre, Greece

Advisory Board member

Johan Oomen

Johan Oomen

Head of Research and Development

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Advisory Board member

Ina Blümel

Ina Blümel

Senior Scientist

German National Library of Science and Technology

Network Association Member

Cosmina Berta

Cosmina Berta

Advisor for Project Management, Tools and Workflows

German Digital Library

Martin Weiss

Martin Weiss

Film Restorer / Senior Researcher

University of Zurich

Glen Robson

Glen Robson

IIIF Technical Coordinator

IIIF

Tiziana Lombardo

Tiziana Lombardo

Senior Project Manager

Net7 srl

Abdul Gafur Sk

Abdul Gafur Sk

International Society of Bengal Studies

Jill Cousins

Jill Cousins

CEO & Director

The Hunt Museum

Sonja Thiel

Sonja Thiel

Curator & Researcher

AI & Museum

Juha Henriksson

Juha Henriksson

Director

Music Archive Finland

Management Board Member

Gregory Markus

Gregory Markus

EuropeanaTech Community Manager

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Antoine Isaac

Antoine Isaac

R&D Manager

Europeana Foundation

Research and Development

Emma O'Hare

Emma O'Hare

Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Latest news

Next steps for multilingualism in digital cultural heritage
Title:
Finland’s Ministry of Culture and Education State Secretary Tuomo Puumala
Creator:
Sebastiaan Ter Burg
Date:
2019
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands

Next steps for multilingualism in digital cultural heritage

Created: 19 November 2019

Making Europeana Collections more multilingual is a priority and so we were delighted to take part in an event on 24-25 October with the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and cultural heritage institutions on the topic of multilingualism. The two-day event at the Hanaholmen Culture Centre, Espoo, Finland, titled ‘Multilingualism in Digital Cultural Heritage - needs, expectations and ways forward’ was carried out under the umbrella of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, which is currently being hosted by Finland.

Data standardsAPICultural Heritage InstitutionsCreative industriesEuropeanatechMultilingualityFinlandPresidency
Developing a metadata standard for digital culture: the story of the Europeana Publishing Framework
Title:
Triptych with Virgin and Child with Saints (center), male Donor with Saint Martin (left, inner wing), female Donor with Saint Cunera (right, inner wing), and the Annunciation (outer wings)
Date:
1500-1510
Institution:
Rijksmuseum
Country:
The Netherlands

Developing a metadata standard for digital culture: the story of the Europeana Publishing Framework

Created: 28 October 2019

Today, thanks to the development of the Europeana Publishing Framework, it’s possible to measure the quality of any record in Europeana Collections. Here’s an insight into just some of the activities that have helped us to reach this point.

Data standardsAPIData publicationEuropeanatechMetadataEuropeana-publishing-framework

Upcoming events

Tools

The Europeana Initiative participates in projects which develop tools for the cultural heritage sector and professionals working within it, including in research and development. Explore relevant tools below and or explore them all.

The DE-BIAS Tool
Title:
Screenshot of the DE-BIAS tool
Creator:
DE-BIAS Project
Date:
2024

The DE-BIAS Tool

This tool detects outdated and potentially harmful language in descriptions of cultural heritage collections.

The DE-BIAS Vocabulary
Title:
Screenshot of the DE-BIAS vocabulary
Creator:
DE-BIAS project
Date:
2024

The DE-BIAS Vocabulary

This vocabulary, covering 700 words across five languages, supports professionals to review descriptions of cultural heritage collections with regards to potential bias.

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Our mission

Europeana empowers the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. We develop expertise, tools and policies to embrace digital change and encourage partnerships that foster innovation.

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