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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.
If you attended the EuropeanaTech conference 2018 this month in Rotterdam, you might recall a presentation we gave about innovation and research topics. For those who were not in attendance, here is a short preview of innovation topics that we as a cultural heritage community advocate for.
This public conference on 12 June (10:00-13:00) will focus on 'digital cultural heritage as a lab for fostering win-win collaboration between the public and the private sector'.
Cinema met digital art in April in the MashUp Film Festival 2018, the only festival in the world dedicated to mashup works. We give you the lowdown on the festival’s film competition and its winning entry.
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Screenshot of the Europeana search plugin in itslearning
Europe Day marks the anniversary of the 'Schuman declaration' in 1950 which set out a vision for a new form of political cooperation. This became the European Union.
The European Commission has approved funding for eight projects that will make it easier to use and improve Europe's digital cultural heritage through the Europeana platform.
Tom Scott, Head of Digital Engagement at London’s Wellcome Collection, shares his thoughts on digital strategy and the contribution of open data to a knowledgable and creative society.
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Screenshots of the Ajapaik app showing rephotography
With EuropeanaTech 2018 just around the corner, we hear how a couple of projects presented at the 2015 conference have developed. Today, Vahur Puik, from the Estonian Photographic Heritage Society, talks about Ajapaik, a crowdsourcing platform for geotagging historic images.
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Transcription search term highlighting - Qatar Digital Library
With EuropeanaTech 2018 just around the corner, we hear how a couple of projects presented at the 2015 conference have developed. Today, Tristan Roddis of Cogapp tells us about the Qatar Digital Library online archive.
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In the third and final part of our introduction to the EuropeanaTech 2018 keynote speakers we focus on two more of our keynote speakers, joining the 300+ innovators from around the world who will be at the SS Rotterdam between May 15-16.
