Archive for the ‘Europeana’ Category

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…)

Getting the Mesage Out There

Saturday, March 21st, 2009

One of the major tasks with any EC-funded project is dissemination. Yesterday I took the opportunity to tell the Archaeology Terminology Working Group (ATWG) about our international work. (more…)

Planning for Aggregation

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

I meet today with the co-ordinator of the EuropeanaLocal project to today to organise a workshop at Collection Trust’s offices at London Bridge, for project partners, on setting up an aggregation. (more…)

Is ATHENA in Rome?

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Tomorrow I am off to Rome to a meeting of the ATHENA project. So what happens at one of these?

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Contributing to Europeana?

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Just spent an afternoon in discussion with a national museum about them possibly contributing to Europeana. So it be a good point to discuss some of the issues to do with submission of content. (more…)

Surveying Standards in European Museums

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

For the last few days I have been designing a survey for the ATHENA project. The aim is to get a picture of the standards landscape in European museums.

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Sharing Knowledge - Working in Concert

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

The last two days have been spent at Europeana ‘Central’ in their offices in the Royal Library in the the Dutch capital (more…)

ATHENA Project Begins Today

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Today sees the official start of the European Commission (EC) funded project ATHENA - Access to cultural heritage networks across Europe.

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Europeana Launches to ‘Overwhelming’ Success

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Europeana logo

Europe’s  digital library, museum and archive, Europeana, was launched to the public today. It attracted so much interest that it website was swamped within the first few hours.

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Introduction to EuropeanaLocal Project - Surveying Standards

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

The EuropeanaLocal project began in June. This month sees the start of an important aspect of its work - a survey of metadata and terminology used by cultural organisation in Europe.

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