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Presenting digital collections of natural history has its own unique set of challenges. This is something that Europeana's natural history aggregator OpenUp! knows well. With almost 9 million objects on Europeana Collections - visibility and search come with some very specific parameters. The below explores some of these key elements behind presenting natural history objects online and lets you know the best ways to find what you are looking for.
Jacqueline Falk from Munich's Lenbachhaus tells Douglas McCarthy all about its new open access policy and Collections Online, offering free high-resolution images to download
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Screenshot of the new item page on Europeana Collections
Discovering inspiring content in Europeana Collections with or without a specific search should be quick and easy. A range of developments over the last year is helping to deliver a better online experience.
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Contributors share their migration stories and objects
More curated and high-quality content, together with public campaigns such as Europeana Migration and transcribathons, make Europeana Collections relevant and interesting to today’s audiences.
It’s easy to search for something on Europeana Collections and see results in your own language. Ongoing developments are helping to make those results richer by including results from other languages too.
A new bespoke system for processing collections and an accreditation scheme to support aggregators are making it easier and more rewarding to provide digital culture to Europeana.
