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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.
We spoke to Dr Anette Hagan, Rare Books Curator (for early printed collections to 1700) from the National Library of Scotland about what makes libraries still relevant in a contemporary society, their value for the community, and why literacy is still important today.
We get insights from the Europeana Education User Group as they build upon efforts of the Developer Group to mainstream the use of digital culture in education.
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The 'Venetica' Visual Gallery on the Venice Scholar
Hear from 2017 Europeana research grant winner Matteo Romanello, post-doctoral researcher in the Digital Humanities Laboratory at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
The EuropeanaTech community has been growing over the last nine years. With Europeana Network Communities in focus this month, we get insights from one of the more established communities, learn how they continue to gain momentum and find out what's coming up next.
Libraries have been cultural hubs for centuries, but with the shift toward digital publishing, the conversation has shifted to their relevance, or assertions of their waning relevance, in a digital age. However, according to Elen Haf Jones from the National Library of Wales, while the library has evolved, it holds its place as a ‘valued cultural institution that serves as the memory of a nation’.
Imagine you’ve discovered a great object on Europeana Collections. You want to use it, but you’re not sure how to do it correctly. Would it be easier for you to understand and share if the copyright and reuse information was correct and available in your native language? We believed it would and our Copyright Community has made it happen.
As a part of Europeana Migration, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin has been hosting a series of collections days. We speak with Senior Curator, Nathan Mannion about what it takes to delve into Ireland’s migration history, and the sweet fickleness of personal legacy.
Europeana Communicators is a community for cultural heritage activists with communication skills and influence. You might be a ‘Guru’, a ‘Contributor’ or an ‘Influencer’. Want to know more? Read on!
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The team from Erfgoed Brabant at the Berlin Summit, 2018, CC BY-SA
How to get young people interested in cultural heritage? How do you give them a voice? Moreover - how do you successfully run a summit on a European level? Aleksandra Strzelichowska poses these questions to Youth Summit: The Future is Heritage event coordinator Francisca Priem.
More than halfway through Europeana Migration, we stop to highlight some key takeaways already gained and get a word from our Chief Culture Officer Zubia Naqvi on the importance of multiculturalism and a globalised Europe.
