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Posted on Monday July 19, 2021
Updated on Monday February 24, 2025
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Explore the latest news from the common European data space for cultural heritage, Europeana Initiative and cultural heritage sector as we work towards digital transformation.
In May - July 2024, 13 participants took part in the Online Creative Residency from Europeana’s Digital Storytelling Festival. Exploring the theme of 'journey', participants worked with mentors in animation, social media, collage art, storytelling with 3D and creative writing.
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Carola Carlino at EuropeanaTech 2023. In Copyright.
The Europeana Network Association (ENA) is a democratic community of experts working in digital cultural heritage. Members Councillor Carola Carlino shares her experience of the Network - and why you should join it today.
The DE-BIAS project is thrilled to announce the online publication of a new resource for the cultural heritage sector - a Community Engagement Methodology: Resources, Reflections, Recommendations. This guide aims to inspire community engagement practices within GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) across Europe.
The European Commission is currently evaluating the Digital Europe Programme, four years after the start of its implementation. The Europeana Initiative is advocating for support and funding for the common European data space for cultural heritage and Europe’s culture - find out how to add your voice!
In 2019, the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive allowed the analysis of large amounts of copyright-protected data through ‘text and data mining’ techniques, while giving rightsholders the possibility to refuse permission for their copyright-protected data to be mined. This ‘refusal’ is now being applied in practice by cultural heritage institutions. What legal and ethical questions does this raise?
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The European leg of Taylor Swift’s billion dollar Eras Tour has just finished in Europe, uniting fans across the continent. How have museums and cultural heritage institutions been using the tour to engage audiences with their collections?
The Watching Videos Like a Historian project is currently developing a toolkit for teachers to enhance the use of audiovisual materials in their classrooms. Discover how the project is engaging with history teachers to better understand their needs and test the toolkit’s resources.
The Europeana Network Association (ENA) is a democratic community of experts working in digital cultural heritage. Members Councillor Jason Evans shares his experience of the Network - and why you should join it today.
Built with Bits is a mentoring programme which invites students and educators to develop digital skills and engage with cultural heritage by designing virtual spaces. Discover the spaces designed in the most recent edition, and what they can teach educators about creating virtual spaces to teach media literacy and digital skills.
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Participants of the co-creation sessions on a tour through the NISV archive in Hilversum. In Copyright.
How can the cultural heritage sector collaborate with communities to ensure that archives and archival descriptions are inclusive and accurate? The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision shares learnings from workshops that they have undertaken as part of the DE-BIAS project.
The Europeana Impact Playbook is a step by step approach to help cultural heritage professionals design, measure and narrate impact. Discover how a working group of key players in the digital cultural heritage field in Germany used the playbook to develop recommendations to support museums make their collections’ metadata fit for publication online.
On International Youth Day, we want to highlight initiatives for students, young people and new professionals who are looking for a career in cultural heritage or opportunities to participate in meaningful programs across the sector. Discover 20 suggestions from Europeana Research!
