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Title:: Frank Drauschke (Facts & Files) introducing the Transcribathon
Creator:: Ingrid Oentrich
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

News Created: 14 February 2019

First Series of Mini-Transcribathons at the #EuropeforCulture Conference in Vienna

On 6th December 2018, three Mini-Transcribathons were held in Vienna as part of the #EuropeForCulture conference, the closing celebrations of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018.

Title:: Exteriör Vänersborgs Museum
Institution:: Vänersborgs Museum
Country:: Sweden
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

News Created: 13 February 2019 Beth Daley

Proposals wanted for a new definition of museums

Network Cultural Heritage Institutions museum ICOM

ICOM - the International Council of Museums - is looking for proposals for a new definition of 'museum'.

Title:: Boerenerf met liggend varken
Institution:: Rijksmuseum
Country:: Netherlands
Copyright:: Public Domain

Publication Created: 11 February 2019 Paul Keller

Copyright reform: don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

Advocacy Legal standards Cultural Heritage Institutions Copyrightcommunity Copyright Copyrightreform Public-domain

Paul Keller explores the final round of negotiations about the EU copyright reform that has been in the making since 2016.

Title:: Youngsters listening to the audio track and making collages in the ULK + SMK Open stall at UFM’18
Creator:: SMK Open
Copyright:: CC BY-SA

Publication Created: 7 February 2019 Merete Sanderhoff

Statens Museum for Kunst: The social impact of using art to increase civic participation of young people, 2018

Impact framework Cultural Heritage Institutions Case-studies Impacttoolkit Smk

We look at how the SMK Open and ULK joined forces to bring SMK's digitised art collection to the 'Young People's Meeting', a public event for 15-25 year olds to foster democratic engagement.

Title:: SMK at 'Byens Hegn'
Copyright:: CC BY

Publication Created: 7 February 2019 Julia Fallon

Making the case for impact at SMK

Impact framework Cultural Heritage Institutions Impact Case-studies smk

The challenge to transform the artworks of Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) from passive to active assets, a journey fuelled by digital transformation, began in 2012. Explore the process.

Title:: Portrait Group with the Artist’s Father Amilcare Anguissola, Brother Astrubale and Sister Minerva
Creator:: Sofonisba Anguissola
Date:: Ca. 1559
Institution:: Nivaagaards Malerisamling
Country:: Denmark
Copyright:: CC0

News Created: 5 February 2019 Milena Popova Isabel Crespo

We asked educators how they want to use digital cultural data and this is what they told us

Education Teachers Metadata content_preferences growth-mindset

We believe that a stronger link between the cultural and education sectors is both vital and mutually beneficial. That’s why, over the last year or so, we (the Europeana Foundation’s Reuse team) have been asking questions to our educational audiences and listening carefully to their answers.