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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.

Title:
Europeana Members Council meeting
Date:
2019
Institution:
Europeana
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 20 March 2019 Zuzana Malicherova
Fresh vision: New Councillors and a new Board convene for first 2019 Members Council meeting
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions mc meeting
In early March, the Europeana Foundation had the great pleasure of welcoming the representatives of the newly elected Europeana Network Association (ENA) Members Council for their first meeting.
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News Created: 20 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Medhavi Gandhi - leader in arts preservation and digital access
Collections Campaigns Women Wiki Technology
Today we speak with Medhavi Gandhi, director of Happy Hands, an organisation that works on reviving traditional arts through building artisanal capacity and increasing youth/public access to folk arts, and founder of The Heritage Lab, a digital media platform for cultural heritage enthusiasts. She discusses the importance of female role models and the inherent strength of culture as a means of soft power.
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News Created: 18 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Siobhan Leachman, Citizen scientist and wikimedian
Collections Campaigns Women Wiki
Today we speak with citizen scientist and Wikimedian Siobhan Leachman from her home office in New Zealand. She discusses the intricacies of curating data in Wikidata and contributing to Wikimedia Commons, as well and shedding some light on the challenges of 'imposter syndrome' and what it's like to live in a country where the top three leadership roles are filled by women.
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Map from "Historical Researches on the wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans (...)"
Institution:
British Library
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 14 March 2019 Julia Fallon Paul Keller
We have updated the Data Exchange Agreement
Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Dea Elf
The Europeana Data Exchange Agreement (DEA) is the legal agreement that structures the relationship between Europeana and its data partners. In this post, we announce the publication of an updated version.
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Title:
Erithrean Sibyl from BL Royal 16 G V, f. 23
Creator:
Giovanni Boccaccio
Date:
c. 1440
Institution:
The British Library
Country:
UK
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 14 March 2019 Isabel Crespo
Discover free and innovative learning resources using digital culture in the new ‘Teaching with Europeana’ blog
Education Teachers Resource Learning-scenarios lesson-plan
Thanks to the contribution of 130 teachers from across Europe and beyond, educators will find new ready-to-use learning scenarios and stories on how to integrate digital culture in education every week on our new blog.
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News Created: 13 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Nora Al-Badri, media artist and activist
Collections Campaigns Women Media artist
Today we hear from renowned media artist Nora Al-Badri on the emancipatory powers of technology. Further, she discusses the importance of intersectional feminism and the challenges of producing art in a global society that values culture - but where this doesn't necessarily translate to financial freedom to the artists (especially women).
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News Created: 12 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, academic, Wikipedian and champion of 'impractical' girls
Collections Campaigns Women Wikipedia
Last week we introduced you to the content gender gap - and today we introduce you to someone whose initiatives, work and inspirations have added hundreds of thousands of female stories to the Wikipedia platform. Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight is the Vice-president of the Wikimedia District of Columbia, a Visiting Scholar to Northeastern University and on the Board of Advisors for Women in Journalism. We talk about filling the gaps in female history and fighting for girls with impractical dreams.
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News Created: 8 March 2019
3 ways to be an activist on International Women's Day
Collections Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Women Technology
Want to get involved and show your support for gender parity this International Women’s Day? We’ve listed three key ways to get involved and show your support. So whether you are a woman in the sector or an ally - find out how you can advocate for women in culture and technology (all year round, but especially this March).
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News Created: 6 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Isla Haddow-Flood and Florence Devouard of Wiki Loves Women
Collections Campaigns Women Technology
Today we hear from esteemed wiki leaders and Wikipedians Isla Haddow-Flood and Florence Devouard as they tackle the gender (digital) content gap and advocate for and promote the contributions of women and girls to our digital archives and media spaces.
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News Created: 4 March 2019
Women in culture and tech: Eva Fog, founder of tech organisation DigiPippi (and much, much more)
Campaigns Women Collections Technology
In the lead up to International Women's Day (8 March), we speak with an expert in children, gender and IT, Eva Fog, who is a consultant, opinion leader, writer and educator. She is the Founder and Chairwoman of DigiPippi, an organisation which aims to bridge the gender gap in technology (oh, and WonderTech Summit Denmark's Role Model of the year 2018). We discover the importance of empowering girls in tech and why 'nice' and 'perfect' need to leave our professional vocabularies.
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Title:
The old and new Europeana Association Management Board
Creator:
Gina van der Linden
Institution:
Europeana
Country:
Netherlands
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 28 February 2019 Marco De Niet
Introducing Europeana Network Association’s 2019-2021 Management Board
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Communities Management-board ENA Chair Vision
It is with great pride and immense pleasure that we can present to you the new Management Board of the Europeana Network Association (alphabetically): Georgia Angelaki, Stephan Bartholmei, Sara Di Giorgio, Marco de Niet, Frederik Truyen and Erwin Verbruggen. As the new Chair, Marco will explain how the Management Board will operate and also highlight the Board’s aspirations and vision for the Europeana Network Association in the next two years.
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News Created: 22 February 2019 Isabel Crespo
New Spanish and Portuguese versions of Europeana Education MOOC
Education Teacher-training Mooc Elearning
The 'Europeana in your classroom: building 21st-century competencies with digital cultural heritage' MOOC is back in an additional two national languages. If you want to learn how to make use of Europe’s cultural heritage for education in Spanish or Portuguese, join the course and spread the word in your network.
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