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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.

Title:
[Valtis audringoje jūroje. Neišaiškinto autoriaus akvarelė]
Institution:
Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka
Country:
Lithuania
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 20 October 2022 Janina Marcinkevičienė
Copyright Directive Series - a closer look at Lithuania
Legal standards Copyright Cdsm-series
The Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive aims to harmonise certain aspects of EU Member States’ copyright legislation, and has important provisions for digital cultural heritage. Janina Marcinkevičienė tells you more about the legislative changes in Lithuania as a result of the Directive transposition.
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Ivory figure of St Thomas Becket digitised as part of the ARMA project
Institution:
The Hunt Museum
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 19 October 2022 Kate Fernie Sian McInerney Effie Patsatzi
Case study explores digitisation, education and engagement at the Hunt Museum
Aggregators-forum 3d Imd2023
Earlier this year, the Hunt Museum published a case study which shared insights from their experience digitising items from their collections in 3D. Read on to hear about their experience and learn how objects digitised in 3D can form an important part of engagement strategies.
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Title:
Fires i Festes de Sant Narcís 2014. CC-BY-NC-ND.
Creator:
Clarió Herranz, Aleix
Date:
26-10-2014
Institution:
Ajuntament de Girona
Country:
Spain
News Created: 18 October 2022 Alexandru Stan
The WEAVE project: linking the tangible and intangible heritage of cultural communities
Projects
The WEAVE project worked to safeguard the rich and invaluable heritage of cultural communities, and build new connections between those communities and Europeana. Explore what the project achieved and use the resources it developed.
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Title:
Ubud in Batangas
Creator:
Denise Melanie Du Lagrosa
Date:
July 2022
Institution:
Denise Melanie Du Lagrosa
News Created: 17 October 2022 Denise Melanie Lagrosa Georgia Evans
Professionals in Focus - Denise Lagrosa
Network
In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. Today, Denise Lagrosa speaks about how her work as an environmental planner connects with her love of cultural heritage.
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Title:
Annotations of the Saint George on a Bike project over Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Institution:
Saint George on a Bike project
News Created: 14 October 2022
Join a crowdsourcing campaign to help annotate European paintings
Projects
The Saint George on a Bike project has launched a crowdsourcing campaign which seeks to train AI to automatically caption and classify paintings. Find out how you can get involved!
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Title:
Europeana 2022
Date:
2022
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 13 October 2022 Gina van der Linden Georgia Evans
Relive Europeana 2022 - recorded sessions now available
Europeana-2022
Europeana 2022 - making digital culture count took place over three inspiring days in September 2022. Whether you joined our conference in person, followed on social media or want to explore what took place now, read on to discover the sessions, discussions and resources.
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Title:
ASTER AFRICANUS FRUTESCENS FOLIIS ANGUSTIS ET PLERUMQUE CONIUNCTIS.
Creator:
Unbekannt (Stecher)
Date:
1701
Institution:
Herzog August Library, Wolfenbüttel
Country:
Germany
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 12 October 2022 Beth Daley
Europeana highlights - July to September 2022
Annual-report Strategy-2020-2025 Highlights
Every quarter we bring you a round-up of what's been going on across the Europeana Initiative. This time, there’s big news for the future of digital culture in Europe, with the start of work on the common data space for cultural heritage. Also - a new-look Europeana website and our first hybrid annual conference.
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Title:
Composite manuscript (Greek): 1. (ff. 1-2, 52-152) Tabulas manuales / Ptolemy, and other text(s). – 2. (ff. 3-51) Commentarius brevior / Theon of Alexandria, and other text(s) – And other part(s)
Institution:
Bibliotheken Universiteit Leiden
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 6 October 2022 Małgorzata Szynkielewska
ARMA - discovering medieval reading culture
Projects
The ARMA - the Art of Reading in the Middle Ages project saw thousands of medieval objects shared with Europeana and developed resources to help educators bring these digitised items - and their history - into the classroom. Discover what the project achieved and how to use the resources it developed.
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Title:
Glove maker: machine sewing (2)
Creator:
Sounds of Changes
Date:
February 18 2015
Institution:
K-samsök
Country:
Sweden
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 5 October 2022 Laura Schotte
Sharing stories of European crafts and artisanship
Projects
Learn how the CRAFTED project partners are showcasing artisan heritage this November, and find out how you can get involved with #CraftingHeritage Month!
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Title:
Support from Dad
Creator:
John Heywood
Date:
1994
Institution:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Country:
United Kingdom
Copyright:
CC BY
News Created: 3 October 2022 Marijke Everts
Get involved in Black History Month 2022
Black-history-month-2022 Black-history
Last year, Europeana ran its first Black History Month season. This October, as part of Black History Month, Europeana will again be sharing collections, projects and stories which celebrate Black achievements throughout European history and today. Find out more about what we are planning and how you can get involved.
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Title:
Dancer Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros. In Copyright.
Creator:
Koko Zin
Date:
2015
Institution:
KoZin Photography
News Created: 26 September 2022 Rosemary Kostic Cisneros
Roma representation in the cultural heritage sector: an interview with ERIAC
Projects
As part of the WEAVE project, Europeana Foundation interviews Dr Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros (Coventry University) and ERIAC (the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture) about their work and how tangible and intangible Roma heritage is represented in European cultural heritage institutions,.
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Title:
Europeana 2022 conference logo
Institution:
Europeana Foundation
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 23 September 2022 Gina van der Linden
How to build your programme for Europeana 2022
Europeana-2022
Registered for Europeana 2022? You can now start building your own programme on NetworkTables, our official digital programme. Read on to discover how you can make the most out of our hybrid conference.
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