Archive for the ‘Europeana’ Category

The Europe(ana) Wide Scene

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Check out the links on blogroll to the right for a list of the important websites associated with European cultural heritage. They particularly concentrate Europeana related sites.

If you are involved an international project that you want me to hear about please post a comment.

Discussing Metadata on Corfu

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Just back from giving part of a workshop on Harvesting Metadata: Practices and Challenges at a conference in Corfu.

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3 Days in The Hague

Monday, September 21st, 2009

On the face of it 3 days in the Dutch capital is not something you would find at the top of most people’s ’bucket list’. However I have just come back from an interesting first plenary meeting of the Europeana v1.0 project. (more…)

Last Supper for Librarians in Milan?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Just back from a day long event in Milan on Digital Library Futures: User Perspectives and Institutional Strategies. I was there as the co-leader of Work Package 3 in the ATHENA project. (more…)

A New Harvesting Metadata Format for Museums?

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

In the last few months Collections Trust has been working with colleagues in the ATHENA project on a metadata harvesting format specifically aimed at museum data. (more…)

EuropeanLocal Project Passes First Test

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Just back from three days in Luxembourg where the EuropeanaLocal project had its first intermediate review.

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Europeana-UK Conference Great Success

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Last Friday Collections Trust hosted the first Europeana-UK Conference at the Commonwealth Club in London.

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Finding the Way Out of an ArcticCloud!

Friday, May 29th, 2009

I and a lot of other people, especially from Sweden, are finalising a bid for a EC-funded project that is going to be called ArcticCloud. (more…)

Back from Bordeaux

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

Just arrived back from a two-day Project Management Board meeting of the EuropeanaLocal project which took place at the Archives de Gironde in Bordeaux. (more…)

Europeana v1.0 Launched

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Just back from attending the launch of Europeana v1.0 at the Royal Library in the Hague. (more…)