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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.
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the launch of the innovative new digital archive, the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland, which makes a rich array of historical documents available.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.
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Marianna Marcucci. In copyright.
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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.
How to approach cultural heritage content which can cause offence, or is no longer in line with contemporary standards, is a question which faces professionals across the sector. Europeana interns Sofia Guido and Aida Fadioui explore possible approaches to contentious cultural heritage data and tell us about how Europeana is exploring the issue.
Find out how a series of LabDays organised by the WEAVE project brought people from diverse backgrounds together to explore how the heritage of minority communities is often misunderstood or misrepresented in digital collections; and what can be done to improve representation.
Do you work in cultural heritage institution and are you interested in finding out more about aggregation? The Europeana Aggregators’ Forum outreach event will discuss every step of the data sharing process - register now!
Bringing educators and GLAM professionals together to explore the educational potential of cultural heritage collections benefits both groups and can introduce new collections into the classroom. EuroClio shares the fruitful outcomes of their co-creation meetings with these professionals.
Earlier this year, Dublin City Library and Archive and the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) collaborated on running ‘Transcription Week’, a crowdsourcing campaign to transcribe and enrich handwritten documents and maps. Find out more about the campaign.
