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- TownsWeb Archiving offers support and resources to CHIs appying for fundings
TownsWeb Archiving have just released a FREE Funding Resource Pack that will no doubt appeal to holders of archive collections. Embarking on a digitisation project comes at a cost and securing adequate funding is often where most projects fail to … Continue reading →
- online event series, from 20 March to 30 May
The series of online workshops conjures synergies between the fields of performance, LARP, game design and media theory. The common inquiry will be the phenomenon of ‘bleed’, wherein the boundaries between fiction and reality, the virtual and physical world dissolve. … Continue reading →

Craft Hub is a European project co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme focused on Craft in the context of cultural heritage and its continuing relevance in contemporary practice. This opening conference focuses on 3 pillars of sharing best practice and practical … Continue reading →

submission deadline 31st May 2021
The Europeana Research Grants Programme is intended for cultural heritage and/or research institutions, comprising universities and foundations. The theme for 2021 call for proposal is Crowdsourcing & Research, with a focus on encouraging cross-sectorial collaborations. While crowdsourcing is generally meant … Continue reading →

a new CEF project, focused on intangible cultural heritage, starts today with official kick-off, including all the partners and the representative of EU executive agency CINEA - HaDEA
Today 14th April 2021 the kick-off meeting of WEAVE takes place online, hosted by project coordinator IN2. This project aims to develop a framework to link the tangible and intangible heritage of cultural communities, safeguarding the rich and invaluable … Continue reading →

online, 30 April 2021
This webinar explores some of the ways that cultural heritage institutions can use controlled vocabularies and Linked Data to improve the discoverability of their content in Europeana. Three speakers will give short presentations after which there will be time for … Continue reading →

The call is alive till the end of 2020!
The REACH project is pleased to announce the launch of the digital posters&videos gallery , joined by innovative and engaging contributions coming from resilient communities and the European Cultural Heritage network of social participation as a whole. You can visit … Continue reading →

online 20-21 April 2021
The 2nd Consultation Workshop from inDICEs project brings together cultural heritage professionals, researchers and the inDICEs community to discuss needs and concerns in relation to digitization, online access, the use and the potential re-use of collections, data needed for developing … Continue reading →

presenting Chinese heritage in Europeana in a thematic space rich with editorials, curiosities, and high-quality content
PHOTOCONSORTIUM, International Consortium for Photographic Heritage, and EUROPEANA, the European Commission’s digital platform for cultural heritage are proud to present a prime accomplishment of PAGODE – Europeana China. This project, aimed at creating a dedicated thematic space that highlights and … Continue reading →

Crozier New York City and London locations will host industry’s first widely accessible Ultra-High-Resolution Color Laser Scanners
Arius Technology Inc., a world-leading art technology company, has partnered with Crozier, a global leader in fine arts logistics and an Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) business, to provide clients with ultra-high-resolution imaging previously unavailable to the commercial art world. The core … Continue reading →

The BoB archive for AI
Learning on Screen is a UK charity and membership organisation specialised in the use of moving image and sound in education and research. The organization is exploring the potential in its archive of over 2.4 million television and radio broadcasts … Continue reading →

The world's largest open access digital archive for biodiversity literature
Text by Caterina Sbrana. Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is an open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives dedicated to life on Earth. The curators of the library claim that it is the “world’s largest open access digital library … Continue reading →

An example of preservation conducted under the aegis of the British Library in London
Text by Caterina Sbrana. I have already spoken in my blogs about the importance of the digitisation of historical documents in order to enable them to be used and disseminated worldwide through the Internet. There is another reason why digitisation … Continue reading →