The 3DBigDataSpace – Outreach Synergy Call offers a unique opportunity for museums and cultural heritage institutions to develop innovative public applications using 3D technologies. Two selected projects will each receive €10,000 to realise their concepts, along with technical guidance from … Continue reading
Build with Bits (BwB) is an international online experience, where participants learn how to create virtual environments that generate a positive impact on local issues related to digital culture, education, and this year, we will have a special focus on sustainable … Continue reading
Topic: museum & library information systems
Interview with Claudio Prandoni, PREFORMA’s Communication Coordinator, who has organised the digital preservation networking session that will be held in Helsinki on May 21st, 2014 in the frame of the EGI Community Forum. Continue reading
DCH-RP and the partners of the Community Owned digital Preservation Tool Registry are investigating the possibility to join their efforts to set up a common registry of services and tools useful for preserving digital information for the long term. Continue reading
On the 3rd and 4th of June 2014, the National Archives of Sweden hosted in Stockholm two workshops organised by DCH-RP in cooperation with EUDAT on the theme of digital preservation of cultural data. The first one focused on the roadmap for the long-term preservation of DCH, while the second one discussed the trust issues to be addressed. Continue reading
Presentations and video recordings of the Information Day, hosted by the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage and attended by SMEs, research centres, universities and enterpreneurs coming from all over Europe, are now available for download. Continue reading
The main objective of the cooperation is to evaluate the possibility to reuse data made available by OPENAIRE in the Proof-of-Concepts organised by DCH-RP targeted at demonstrating how e-Infrastructures can be of benefit for the DCH community, in particular for the preservation of digital cultural content. Continue reading
After an international search, leading digital preservation specialist, artist and musician, Dragan Espenschied has been appointed to lead Rhizome’s growing and award-winning Digital Conservation program. Trevor Owens, Digital Archivist with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the U.S. Library of Congress, interviews Dragan about his new role. Continue reading
We are happy to announce that PREFORMA call for tender Prior Information Notice has been published on the Tender Electronic Daily (TED), the Internet version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities. Continue reading
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to formalise the fruitful cooperation started in the past months between the two projects funded by the European Commission, with the aim to set-up of a Proof-of-Concept in DCH-RP, based on the work and prototypes developed in APARSEN, and to develop a common registry of services and tools focused on digital preservation. Continue reading
After the successful workshops and networking sessions jointly organised by DCH-RP and SCAPE, the two projects are now planning the next joint activities, such as the possibility to set-up of a Proof-of-Concept in DCH-RP based on the work and prototypes developed in SCAPE and the organisation of other joint events. Continue reading
Storage is a central component in any preservation solution, and requires special functionalities in order to adequately address the need of a preservation system. This webinar aims to provide recommendations towards adopting storage solutions that can better serve digital preservation. Continue reading
