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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.
We are constantly working to improve the Europeana website and add new features which allow people to explore Europe’s cultural heritage. Discover how recent updates benefit people using the website and data partners - and how you can use the new features.
‘Heritage acoustics’ and the preservation and presentation of historic acoustic environments is a growing field of research within cultural heritage. Discover the role that it plays in American music heritage - part of a EuropeanaTech focus.
The introduction of new ‘Transkribus’ software on the Transcribathon platform means that volunteers can more easily and effectively transcribe historical documents. Discover how the technology works.
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Photo of Jorge C. S. Cardoso CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0
Creator:
Jorge Cardoso
Date:
30/10/2016
Institution:
Personal
Country:
Portugal
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Created: 14 December 2022
Jorge Cardoso
Georgia Evans
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, Jorge Cardoso tells us about his work with virtual and augmented reality.
In summer 2022, Vienna’s Albertina Museum put thousands of its digitised images into the public domain, many of which are available through the Europeana website. Douglas McCarthy interviews Martina Pichler to learn about the new open access policy and its benefits.
Europeana is at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage, a flagship initiative of the European Union to support the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector. Discover the projects funded under the initiative.
‘Heritage acoustics’ and the preservation and presentation of historic acoustic spaces is a growing field of research within cultural heritage. EuropeanaTech Community Manager Greg Markus introduces us to the topic.
GIF IT UP is Europeana’s annual creative contest celebrating remixing of cultural heritage. With the winners recently announced, discover how this year’s competition encouraged participants to reuse and remix cultural heritage.
The Europeana Initiative is at the heart of the common European data space for cultural heritage. As of September 2022, together with our partners we have started turning the data space into a reality and we are excited to share what’s in store for the next year.
Title:
Rebecca Kahn. CC-BY-SA 3.0
Date:
2017
Institution:
Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin
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Created: 23 November 2022
Rebecca Kahn
Georgia Evans
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, Rebecca Kahn talks about her career and work with Linked Open Data.
The Estonian National Museum shares tips from their recent ‘Numbers Fascination’ exhibition, organised by the Me-Mind project, about how cultural heritage institutions can embed impact thinking and data collection into their exhibitions.
Europeana Translate - a Europeana Generic Services project - explores how we can use machine translation to help make sure everyone can find what they need on Europeana - no matter what language they use. Learn about what the project has achieved so far and its plans for the coming months!
