Topic: digital preservation

Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory, a unique access point to the digital collection of fragmented and scattered documents of Mandela's archive

Nelson Mandela Foundation is promoting the preservation of Madiba’s legacy

Text by Caterina Sbrana. The Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF), founded in 1999 by Nelson Mandela also known as Madiba, is a non-profit organisation committed to promoting Madiba’s living legacy through the collection of all documentation scattered throughout the world. The … Continue reading →

The consultation seeks feedback from citizens, PAs, CHIs, international organisations and networks, the Europeana ecosystem, companies, research organisations, and academia

EC launches public consultation on digital access to European cultural heritage

The Commission has opened a public consultation on the opportunities offered by digital technologies for the cultural heritage sector. Stakeholders and all interested people are invited to provide feedback on the Recommendation of 2011 on digitising cultural material and digital … Continue reading →

9-10 July 2020, online workshop organized by the University of Ljubljana for PAGODE project

The curation of Chinese cultural heritage in Europeana

This Workshop is organized by the PAGODE – Europeana China project team at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Ljubljana. Its aim was to set the common ground for the curation of Chinese cultural heritage in the Europeana Digital … Continue reading →

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries work for expanding access and enhancing discovery of resources for everybody

Over 170,000 cultural digital resources available at UWM Libraries

Text by Caterina Sbrana. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Libraries established a digitization program since 2001. The objective of the program was providing remote access to unique library resources to the UWM academic community and the general public. Currently, UWM … Continue reading →

Open access is a great resource, and GLAMS are more and more embracing this approach. But sometimes the consequences of allowing free reuse go beyond any immagination.

Public Domain and misuse: some thoughts

image: Rank Badge with Leopard, Wave and Sun Motifs, China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th century, silk and metallic thread, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 30.75.1025. Being so deeply embedded in the Europeana ecosystem, the new CEF project PAGODE – Europeana China (2020-2021) … Continue reading →

EuropeanaTech presents papers elaborated by experts following the conference held in Hamburg in November 2019

SWIB (Semantic Web In Libraries) on EuropeanaTech

img.: Schematic depiction of a knowledge graph in the performing arts domain; from the paper by Julia Beck, Frankfurt University Library, CC0. The SWIB (Semantic Web in Libraries) annual conference is one of the essential events related to Linked Open … Continue reading →

survey by UNESCO and International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives

Magnetic Tape Alert Project: mapping archives that are in danger

Today’s knowledge of the linguistic and cultural diversity of humanity is widely based on magnetic tape recordings produced over the past 60 years. Magnetic audio and video tape formats are now obsolete. Spare parts supply and service is fading, replay … Continue reading →

the new project about Chinese heritage in Europe was presented on 6th May at the online meeting of Europeana Aggregators

PAGODE at Europeana Aggregators Forum

The Europeana Aggregators Forum is the gathering where twice a year the community of Europeana most trusted partners meets to review strategies and collaborations, and make plans for the future. All the aggregators work with cultural heritage institutions to gather … Continue reading →

The annual milestone event highlighting best practices in museums, heritage and conservation is to take place in a digital edition

The Best in Heritage goes digital!

Estimating realistically the consequences of a long pandemic, the gathering event in Dubrovnik comprising the conference and the awards will not take place this year, but the 2020 edition of The Best in Heritage is planned, delivering the annual overview … Continue reading →

Thanks to impressive technology, the blue planet, seen from outer space, shows its own fragility

Earth pictures of the Nasa archives, now in the Internet Archive

Text by Caterina Sbrana Can you imagine a library where anyone can go to learn and explore our shared human experience from books, web pages, audio, television and software ? This place exists. Its name is: the Internet Archive. I … Continue reading →