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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.

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Joe Conzo, “The Mean Machine performing at street festival, Third Ave. Hub, Bronx, 1981.” Courtesy of Cornell University via ArtStor.
Creator:
Joe Conzo
Date:
1981
Institution:
(c) Cornell University and Joe Conzo
Country:
USA
News Created: 16 November 2017 Beth Daley
Open culture in the USA - an interview with the DPLA’s Franky Abbott
Collections Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Openglam Open-access Year-of-open
As part of our 'open culture' blog mini-series, we talk to Franky Abbott, Curation and Education Strategist for the Digital Public Library of America.
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News Created: 13 November 2017
EUROCLIO and Europeana: building better resources for teaching history
Education History Elearning
Over the course of Europeana DSI2 (July 2016 to August 2017), EUROCLIO has led the development of 20 learning activities for educators using Europeana content.
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News Created: 8 November 2017
The BYZART project: creating one of the widest online collections of Byzantine art and archaeology
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Giulia Marsili from the University of Bologna, and BYZART consortium, introduces a new Generic Services project to digitize and promote Byzantine art and archaeology
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News Created: 7 November 2017
Designing learning scenarios with the Europeana Teacher Developer Group
Education Workshops Elearning
A lively workshop held at the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels on 28 and 29 October kick started the work of the Europeana Teacher Developer Group.
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The 'time and tide' map of the Atlantic charter / [cartography] London Geographical Institute
Creator:
The London Geographical Institute, London
Institution:
VU University Amsterdam Library
Copyright:
CC0
News Created: 2 November 2017 Paul Keller
Copyright advocacy update: Future access to cultural heritage, geoblocking or a Digital Single Market?
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Europeana Board Member Paul Keller reacts to a newly proposed article by the European Council that goes against the idea of Digital Single Market.
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Image by @eTwinningUK
News Created: 31 October 2017 Milena Popova
Culture for inclusive education at the eTwinning conference
Education elearning
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News Created: 30 October 2017
Make it Festive
Creative industries Makers
Get creative with Europeana’s openly licensed content for a joyful holiday season!
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The Raptor, inspired by a photograph of a whalebone hand from 1845. © Trove, National Library of Australia.
Creator:
Trove and Questacon
Date:
2016
Institution:
Trove
Country:
Australia
News Created: 27 October 2017 Beth Daley
Open culture in Australia - an interview with Trove’s Cathie Oats
Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Network Open-culture Year-of-open
As part of our 'open culture' blog mini-series, we talk to Cathie Oats, Director of Trove, the digital arm of the National Library of Australia.
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Lizzy Jongma
Creator:
Anne Reitsma Photography
News Created: 26 October 2017
Meet the Members Council: Lizzy Jongma
Network Creative industries Council
Hear directly from each of your elected Members Council representatives, and get to know them a little better.
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News Created: 25 October 2017
Teaching History in an interactive way with the Transcribathon for Education
Education Transcribathon First-world-war
Launched in Summer 2016, Transcribathon for education is an online learning tool developed by Europeana and Facts and Files for the transcription of digital material from World War One
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Picture This! online exhibition
Creator:
Europeana Foundation
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 24 October 2017 Aleksandra Strzelichowska Małgorzata Szynkielewska
From an exhibition to a competition: wrapping up ‘Picture This! Vintage Postcards of Southeastern Europe’
Collections Content promotion Cultural Heritage Institutions Competition exhibition picture-this
Over summer, we focused on the rich cultural heritage of South and East European libraries in a user-friendly way. Learn more as we celebrate the end of the project.
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News Created: 20 October 2017
Europeana Collections teams up with Beneylu School to improve resources of primary school classrooms
Education Digital primary-schools
Teachers can now access Europeana Collections via the leading digital pedagogical platform Beneylu School.
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