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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.
In 2019, the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive allowed the analysis of large amounts of copyright-protected data through ‘text and data mining’ techniques, while giving rightsholders the possibility to refuse permission for their copyright-protected data to be mined. This ‘refusal’ is now being applied in practice by cultural heritage institutions. What legal and ethical questions does this raise?
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The European leg of Taylor Swift’s billion dollar Eras Tour has just finished in Europe, uniting fans across the continent. How have museums and cultural heritage institutions been using the tour to engage audiences with their collections?
The Watching Videos Like a Historian project is currently developing a toolkit for teachers to enhance the use of audiovisual materials in their classrooms. Discover how the project is engaging with history teachers to better understand their needs and test the toolkit’s resources.
The Europeana Network Association (ENA) is a democratic community of experts working in digital cultural heritage. Members Councillor Jason Evans shares his experience of the Network - and why you should join it today.
Built with Bits is a mentoring programme which invites students and educators to develop digital skills and engage with cultural heritage by designing virtual spaces. Discover the spaces designed in the most recent edition, and what they can teach educators about creating virtual spaces to teach media literacy and digital skills.
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Participants of the co-creation sessions on a tour through the NISV archive in Hilversum. In Copyright.
How can the cultural heritage sector collaborate with communities to ensure that archives and archival descriptions are inclusive and accurate? The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision shares learnings from workshops that they have undertaken as part of the DE-BIAS project.
The Europeana Impact Playbook is a step by step approach to help cultural heritage professionals design, measure and narrate impact. Discover how a working group of key players in the digital cultural heritage field in Germany used the playbook to develop recommendations to support museums make their collections’ metadata fit for publication online.
On International Youth Day, we want to highlight initiatives for students, young people and new professionals who are looking for a career in cultural heritage or opportunities to participate in meaningful programs across the sector. Discover 20 suggestions from Europeana Research!
The need to include indigenous communities in the digitisation, enrichment and curation of their cultural heritage is increasingly recognised in the cultural heritage sector. Why is this so crucial, and how do digitised collections bring value to indigenous and minoritised communities?
For over five years, the Europeana Initiative and European Schoolnet have been integrating digital cultural heritage into the practices of formal and non-formal educators. In the 2023-2024 school year, our collaboration continued to inspire and enrich the teaching experience of hundreds of educators.
How can digital media and storytelling be used for learning? Colleagues from PHOTOCONSORTIUM share their experience using their collections on Europeana.eu to create educational resources and digital storytelling activities that reuse heritage photography.
The Europeana Public Domain Charter was developed in 2010 to ensure that cultural heritage could be reused as widely as possible. The Europeana Article 14 Task Force is reviewing the Charter to ensure that it continues to respond to relevant challenges. Discover the review process, and the feedback received during an online copyright office hours session dedicated to the topic.
