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The EOSC Beyond project, coordinated and represented by the EGI Foundation, and the EUreka3D initiative, along with its continuation EUreka3D-XR, both coordinated and represented by PHOTOCONSORTIUM, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This agreement sets the stage for a structured and … Continue reading
The Digital European Programme-funded project EUreka3D has ended at the close of 2024. The two-year project developed innovative technology, learning resources, and practices to support 3D cultural collections, also shared in the common European data space for cultural heritage. As … Continue reading
Topic: digital preservation
The second DiXiT camp is now open for applications! It will be an intensive training on XML TEI P5 for Digital Scholarly Editions and on standards, tools and software for creating digital editions. Continue reading
This article gives some motivation for why open file formats are important to the EU and why open file formats and Open Source implementations are important for long-term sustainability.
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This webminar aims to demonstrate how to identify preservation risks in your content and, at the same time, share your content profile information with others to open new opportunities. There are 23 places available which will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. Continue reading
Despite these facts, digital editions are often neglected by the established review institutions. This neglect has a number of consequences: digital editions are somewhat outside the established peer-control process; digital editors in spe cannot rely on criticisms that projects similar to their… Continue reading
Digisam has carried out a pilot study on long-term digital preservation to examine the current state of storage and preservation at cultural heritage authorities and to compare it with the current “state of the art”. Continue reading
Many of the objects within the archive collection have been sourced directly from Davies and her collaborators’ personal collections, whilst other items have been kindly lent by institutions and private contributors. Almost all of these objects that would otherwise remain inaccessible and unavailable appear online for the first time, and in many cases represent the first time objects have been viewed by anyone since their original date of creation. Continue reading
Valuable experts were invited for discussing different themes and for driving question and answer sessions. The participants were from the project consortium and also from other organizations such as the National Archives and the National Museum of Denmark, the Danish Film Institute and LFF Foundation. Arbejdermuseet is one of the partners of Europeana Photography project, providing 25.000 digitized photos that witness the conditions and everyday life of the workers’ and the labour movement’s history. Continue reading
The PREFORMA project informs that the call for tender has been published. Suppliers who want to prepare a proposal can find all the related information and documents in the Tender section of the PREFORMA website. Deadline for submission is August 12th, 2014. Continue reading
Special Track on Metadata & Semantics for Cultural Collections & Applications Part of the 8th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research (MTSR 2014), 27 – 29 November 2014, Karlsruhe, Germany Submission deadline: July 13th, 2014 Proceedings will be published … Continue reading
To commemorate the International Archives Day, the Municipal Archive of Girona and the Centre for Image Research and Diffusion of Girona’s City Council have made available to citizens a resource for the preservation of their personal archives. Continue reading
