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Posted on Monday July 19, 2021
Updated on Monday October 21, 2024
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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.
Sports historian Jurryt van der Vooren recently ran a project to encourage Belgian students to explore their sporting heritage through digital collections. Discover how the project was run and how educators could run similar initiatives using Historiana’s source collections.
The check posts on the Damia Bridge border with Jordan is very busy with the Arab tourists to Jordan or Pilgrimage to the holy town of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Subbit! is a crowdsourced subtitling initiative which invites the public to review and correct AI-generated subtitles on TV clips from across Europe. Find out more about the initiative and how to get involved.
Title:
Nina Janz, in copyright.
Creator:
Noelle Schoen
Institution:
Nina Janz
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Created: 18 July 2022
Nina Janz
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, Nina Janz tells us about her passion for facts and experiences working with documents from the Second World War.
The Jewish History Tours project aims to engage the public with Jewish heritage through innovative tourism experiences built using digital collections. With the project halfway through, we hear about the self-guided audio tours it has developed.
For a decade, Europeana has been working to standardise an approach that we - and others - could adopt to better understand the impact of digital cultural heritage. We look at the progress we have made towards this goal over the last year.
Through the new EIT ‘Culture & Creativity’ innovation community, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) will unite businesses, higher education organisations and research centres in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI).
Every quarter we bring you a round-up of what's been going on across the Europeana Initiative. Find out how Europeana and partners are using technology, storytelling and lots and lots of collaboration to create connections, foster inclusivity and bring digital culture to all.
This week sees the launch of the innovative new digital archive, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, which makes a rich array of historical documents available. Europeana Members Councillor and Dublin City University archivist Killian Downing tells us about how the Virtual Record Treasury was created and its significance.
Starting in autumn 2021, Europeana’s Digital Transformation Task Force has been investigating the challenges facing the cultural heritage sector in its digital transformation. Find out more about the Task Force’s findings and access the outcomes.
We are constantly working to improve the Europeana website and add new features which allow people to explore Europe’s cultural heritage. Explore highlights of some recently released features that make it easier to search and browse the content.
The Europeana XX - Century of Change project has significantly expanded the high quality curated collections on Europeana focused on 20th-century content, and created technologies and tools to enrich cultural heritage data. Find out more about two new tools.
Title:
Marianna Marcucci. In copyright.
Creator:
Sandra Luoni
Date:
March 2021.
Institution:
Marianna Marcucci
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Created: 23 June 2022
Marianna Marcucci
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, Marianna Marcucci tells us about how her experiences in pharmacy and the hotel industry all contributed to her love for digital engagement.
