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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.
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Better Images of AI / Banana / Plant / Flask / CC-BY 4.0
Have you ever marvelled at how technology can 'understand' the visual world around us? Explore this fascinating topic - and a new tool - with Henk Vanstappen (digital strategist at Datable) and EFHA’s Marco Rendina as part of the AI4Culture interviews series.
The Europeana Network Association is one of Europe’s largest networks of cultural heritage professionals. Are you a Member yet? Discover why you should join today!
The Italian IMATI-CNR, an institute of the Italian National Research Council, has developed Querylab, a tool to compare cultures, customs and traditions and explore tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The two project leaders introduce the tool and explain how it uses the Europeana APIs.
On 20 June, the Europeana Copyright Community will hold a webinar Reviewing Europeana’s Public Domain Charter. Discover how - and why! you should join and look back on relevant reflections from the International Public Domain Day celebration at the Royal Library of Belgium earlier this year.
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Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND
The Twin it! campaign invited EU Member States to submit at least one 3D digitised heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage, and Member States rose to this challenge. Colleagues from the Finnish Heritage Agency share insights into the 3D model chosen by the Ministry of Culture and Education to represent Finland: the Petäjävesi Old Church.
What are the benefits and challenges of automatic subtitling? Mauro Cettolo, Senior Researcher with thirty years of experience at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, explains to EFHA’s Marco Rendina what subtitling is and how it will be made available to cultural institutions in the context of the AI4Culture project.
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Acquisition of morphometric criteria for a Gallic pottery sherd using photogrammetry.
Bibracte, an archaeological heritage site in France, is digitising 400 archaeological artefacts in 3D as part of the Eureka3D project. Academics and scientists at Bibracte are taking this opportunity to learn more about the technical aspects and requirements of 3D digitisation.
Artificial intelligence holds huge potential for cultural heritage collections and institutions. The EuropeanaTech Community invites the HAICu project to share how they will build on collaborations between researchers and heritage institutions to explore new applications of artificial intelligence.
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Twin it! logo. A composition of Windmolen van Elene by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 and Elene windmill by visualdimension, CC BY-NC-ND
The Twin it! campaign invited EU Member States to submit at least one 3D digitised heritage asset to the common European data space for cultural heritage, and Member States rose to this challenge. Colleagues from Cyprus share insights into their multiple submitted assets, which include the Castle of Paphos, the archaeological site Khirokitia Vouni and the Lambousa fishing boat.
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Villa d’Este in Tivoli – hologram elaborated by the artist. In copyright.
Archives Portal Europe, an accredited Europeana aggregator for archives from and about Europe, runs a grants scheme to support the digitisation and accessibility of archive material, and research into it. They tell us about the grants, the winners of the latest rounds, and how you can apply!
AI4Culture is a data-space supporting project building an online capacity building hub for the application of artificial intelligence technologies in the cultural heritage sector. Today, the project launches a new interview series which puts the spotlight on AI tools for cultural heritage.
The Europeana Education Community shares why the voice of cultural heritage professionals and educators is crucial in this European election, and encourages you to vote. Europe needs a ‘beating’ cultural heart to survive!
