As EUreka3D-XR approaches its final stage, we can start to draw conclusions from a fruitful 18 months and are delighted to share the project’s work, achievements and resources: “EUreka3D-XR: exploring cultural heritage through 3D digitisation and XR experiences” is now … Continue reading
The MetaHeritage Webinar Series continues with its fifth session, focusing on the opportunities offered by EIT Culture & Creativity for European SMEs and organisations working across cultural heritage, tourism, and the creative industries. MetaHeritage aims to strengthen collaboration between cultural … Continue reading
Following the most recent (and still ongoing) aggregation of new objects digitized in the context of the EUreka3D-XR projects, four new galleries on Europeana were created by Bibracte. Start your journey: The Hidden Side of Bibracte A Gaulish public space: … Continue reading
Area: digital heritage
by Rosemary Cisneros, Coventry University The Europeana Space Games Pilot held its first user tests Wednesday, January 27th 2016 at Coventry University. Participants met at the Institute for Creative Enterprise (ICE), a building that brings together researchers, graduates, businesses and enterprise to support … Continue reading
by Greg Markus (NISV) On January 22-24 the Europeana Space Project held their third hack event, the Hack the Book Festival. The event was organized and hosted by the Onassis Cultural Centre (OCC) in Athens in coordination with the Open … Continue reading
The Digital Scholarly Editions Initial Training Network (DiXiT), with the Institute of English Studies (London), the University of Cambridge, the Warburg Institute, and King’s College London are pleased to announce the sixth year of the course on Medieval and Modern Manuscript. The course is free of charge but is open only to doctoral students (PhD or equivalent). Applications close on Monday 22 February 2016… Continue reading
Integrating Arab e-infrastructure in a Global Environment, e-AGE, is an annual international event organized by the Arab States Research and Education Network, ASREN. Since its launch in December 2010 at the League of Arab States, It goes in line with … Continue reading
This is a call out to all creative thinkers! From now until 29 February, Europeana Labs is asking you to submit your designs for fantastic products and services which make the most of Europe’s rich digital cultural heritage. We’ve selected three … Continue reading
This 2015 report provides analysis on the period 2013-2015, giving a detailed sense of how the picture is changing for arts and cultural organisations. It is based on a survey taken by over 900 research participants in UK. This year’s report shows that … Continue reading
This webinar will widen the conversation to include those who were unable to attend IPRES, provide a summary of key concepts, but most importantly, provide an opportunity to join efforts with BenchmarkDP, OPF and the PREFORMA Project to establish an initial set of high-interest scenarios for benchmarking and identify opportunities for the community for future collaboration. Continue reading
Between 20 and 30 January 2016, a team of representatives of the PREFORMA project visited the three consortia that are currently working in the prototyping phase: veraPDF, Easy Innova and MediaArea.net. Aim of the visits is to better know each other, analyse the current status of the three open source projects and start future possible collaborations. Continue reading
On 12-14 October 2015 the annual meeting of German Museums Association took place at Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik. The event was attended by professionals in the museums and museum documentation sector and it was a huge gathering of about 230 attendees; a perfect … Continue reading
Immersive and Emotional Museum Design – What is the role of emotions in designing the 21st century museums? Emotion, involvement and participation: key issues that are increasingly important and decisive in the context of the new trends related to museums of … Continue reading
