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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.
In 2020, the Europeana Foundation made its belief in diversity explicit in its organisational statement that ‘cultural heritage empowers us to embrace our diversity and flourish’. This post outlines the approach we are taking to make sure we are indeed embracing diversity and implementing practical measures to embed it in our organisation.
With public events in 2020 largely cancelled, public engagement events have been difficult. We speak with partners in Ireland who have been working on projects collecting stories from the public during the pandemic.
We look at how the #reinventingBeethove challenge encouraged students to engage with Beethoven’s life and work, and, on the 250th anniversary of his birthday, announce the winners!
Aggregating linked data has the potential to improve data interoperability at global scale. A linked data pilot, developed as part of the Europeana Common Culture project, has investigated this potential, and in this post we take a look at what it achieved.
Our annual GIF-making contest has now been running for seven years, with its profile and audience participation growing each year. The 2020 edition was no exception, and in this post, we take a look at the achievements of this year’s competition.
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3D surface reconstruction of Beheenagh Bridge, Co. Kerry from the TII Collection with Octree depth 5,7 and 10
In this post, we look at the work carried out under the Europeana Common Culture project to investigate best practice for aggregating 3D content to Europeana and develop a functional application to support 3D aggregation.
In 2020, the Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council has successfully adapted to a new way of working in the midst of a global health crisis. Take a look at what our Councillors have explored this year as they work towards developing new digital audiences, services, skills and societal impact.
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In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Members Council. This month, Robert Davies speaks about involvement in projects with Europeana and the importance of capacity building.
With 11 Generic Services projects completed this year, we take a look at how they supported cultural heritage institutions in their digital transformation.
Metis Sandbox is a functional application that enhances the overall data aggregation workflow from data providers to Europeana. In this post, we take a look at what the pilot, developed as part of the Europeana Common Culture project, has achieved.
How can the cultural heritage sector better support, young, new and emerging professionals? Carlota Marijuán Rodríguez and Marius Müller of the European Students’ Association for Cultural Heritage (ESACH) explore the question and work of the Europeana New Professionals Task Force.
Europeana 2020: Crisis, Change and Culture was held over three action packed days, with over 70 speakers covering 50+ sessions and over 900 cultural heritage professionals joining from across the globe. Read on for a recap of Europeana 2020 and to find out how to rewatch the sessions.
