Topic: websites

MediaConch in use at Sound and Vision’s Winter School

For the second year in a row, Sound and Vision organised its Winter School for audiovisual archivists. Fourteen local and international collection specialists gathered in Hilversum last week. They strengthened their understanding of digital preservation concepts, heard about real-world implementations and learned from each other’s experiences. Continue reading


SCIRES IT journal / Call for Papers / Vol. 7 No. 1

SCIRES-IT (SCIentific RESearch and Information Technology) is inviting papers for Vol. 7 No. 1 which is scheduled to be published on June 2017. The deadline for submission of proposals is scheduled for March 1, 2017. Papers should be submitted electronically … Continue reading


Eighth European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics / call for papers open until 15 May 2017

The European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE) was founded in 1990 and is intended to provide a forum for the development and dissemination of applications of quantitative methods in cultural economics, as well as cultural-related applications of mathematical economics, … Continue reading


DPLAfest 2017

DPLAfest 2017—the fourth major gathering of the Digital Public Library of America’s broad community—will take place on April 20-21, 2017 in Chicago at Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center. An annual series of workshops, presentations, and discussions, DPLAfest brings … Continue reading


Learn from the E-Space Hackathons experience

The holding of hackathons is a popular and already well-established activity that offers industries the possibility to gather people enthusiastic to develop new ideas. The E-Space project took up this concept and developed it further, re-conceptualising the meaning of ‘hackathon’ in … Continue reading


E-Space MOOC: a successful first run

by Clarissa Colangelo, KU Leuven. Article originally appeared on the E-Space Photography Pilot Blog. photo courtesy KU Leuven On January 10th 2017 the MOOC “Europeana Space: Creative with Digital Heritage” ended. With almost 1000 enrolled learners from 90 different countries … Continue reading


E-Space Initiative: Where Culture Meets Creativity

As the EU-funded project ends on 31 January 2017, the partners, affiliate partners and followers of the E-Space project are invited to join the MoU for the E-Space initiative “E-Space: Where Culture meets Creativity”. LEARN MORE: http://www.europeana-space.eu/network/e-space-initiative/ The partnership’s main objective … Continue reading


Content Space and IP: tools for creative reuse of digital cultural heritage

In the Content Space created by Europeana Space project are collected guidelines and tools for clearing copyright and find information about the development of business models for the exploitation of digital cultural heritage content. The Content Space contains information about … Continue reading


Open Preservation Foundation and BitCurator Consortium Discount Membership Opportunity

Building on the existing strong ties between our organisations, the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) and BitCurator Consortium (BCC) are pleased to announce a discount trial membership opportunity that offers its members a 10% discount off annual membership fees. From 1 January 2017, members of the OPF will receive a 10% discount on membership fees when they join the BCC for a year long trial membership, and BCC members will receive a 10% discount when they join the OPF. The offer runs from one year to 31 December 2017. Continue reading


Presenting the E-Space Portal: where culture meets creativity

The E-Space Portal is a unique and efficient access point to billions of digital objects and resources from a number of major repositories, integrating the search results into common views, simplifying the search and offering users a set of tools … Continue reading