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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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The Alien Trail exhibition
Creator:
Andreas Constantinou
News Created: 24 November 2017 Adrian Murphy
Mapping Migration in Arts: The Alien Trail
Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Migration mapping-migration
As part of the upcoming Europeana Migration campaign, we highlight more initiatives relating to migration and culture beyond our own network.
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News Created: 22 November 2017 Lars Rogstad
Meet the Member Council: Lars Rogstad
Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Member-council
Hear directly from each of your elected Members Council representatives, and get to know them a little better.
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photo by Luigina Ciolfi on Twitter, @luiciolfi
News Created: 21 November 2017
"Cultural Heritage Infrastructure in Digital Humanities" is out now!
Collections Academic Research
In this book, authors from a wide range of countries, representing some of the best research projects in digital humanities related to cultural heritage, discuss their latest findings, both in terms of new tools and archives, and how they are used (or not used) by both specialists and by the general public.
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Joe Conzo, “The Mean Machine performing at street festival, Third Ave. Hub, Bronx, 1981.” Courtesy of Cornell University via ArtStor.
Creator:
Joe Conzo
Date:
1981
Institution:
(c) Cornell University and Joe Conzo
Country:
USA
News Created: 16 November 2017 Beth Daley
Open culture in the USA - an interview with the DPLA’s Franky Abbott
Collections Campaigns Cultural Heritage Institutions Openglam Open-access Year-of-open
As part of our 'open culture' blog mini-series, we talk to Franky Abbott, Curation and Education Strategist for the Digital Public Library of America.
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Historiana screenshot
Copyright:
CC BY-SA
News Created: 13 November 2017
EUROCLIO and Europeana: building better resources for teaching history
Education History Elearning
Discover the achievements of the past year's collaboration between Europeana and EUROCLIO.
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News Created: 8 November 2017
The BYZART project: creating one of the widest online collections of Byzantine art and archaeology
Collections Projects Cultural Heritage Institutions History Art Culture architecture
Giulia Marsili from the University of Bologna, and BYZART consortium, introduces a new Generic Services project to digitize and promote Byzantine art and archaeology
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News Created: 7 November 2017
Designing learning scenarios with the Europeana Teacher Developer Group
Education Workshops Elearning
A lively workshop held at the Future Classroom Lab in Brussels on 28 and 29 October kick started the work of the Europeana Teacher Developer Group.
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Cricket en Angleterre [vue du public]
Creator:
Agence Rol
Date:
1912
Institution:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Country:
France
Copyright:
Public Domain
News Created: 3 November 2017 Gina van der Linden
Pitch your project at the AGM 2017 and win a Europeana impact evaluation
Strategy Network Cultural Heritage Institutions Impact Agm Milan
There’s only a month to go until the Europeana Network Association AGM in Milan. Early bird registration has been extended to 10 November. Register now!
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The 'time and tide' map of the Atlantic charter / [cartography] London Geographical Institute
Creator:
The London Geographical Institute, London
Institution:
VU University Amsterdam Library
Copyright:
CC0
News Created: 2 November 2017 Paul Keller
Copyright advocacy update: Future access to cultural heritage, geoblocking or a Digital Single Market?
Advocacy Cultural Heritage Institutions Copyrightreform Ipr
Europeana Board Member Paul Keller reacts to a newly proposed article by the European Council that goes against the idea of Digital Single Market.
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Image by @eTwinningUK
News Created: 31 October 2017 Milena Popova
Culture for inclusive education at the eTwinning conference
Education elearning
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News Created: 30 October 2017
Make it Festive
Creative industries Makers
Get creative with Europeana’s openly licensed content for a joyful holiday season!
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The Raptor, inspired by a photograph of a whalebone hand from 1845. © Trove, National Library of Australia.
Creator:
Trove and Questacon
Date:
2016
Institution:
Trove
Country:
Australia
News Created: 27 October 2017 Beth Daley
Open culture in Australia - an interview with Trove’s Cathie Oats
Collections Cultural Heritage Institutions Network Open-culture Year-of-open
As part of our 'open culture' blog mini-series, we talk to Cathie Oats, Director of Trove, the digital arm of the National Library of Australia.
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