Digital meets Culture

Athens, 13-14-15 March 2013

EuropeanaPhotography 3rd plenary meeting

The third plenary meeting of EuropeanaPhotography project will take place in Athens, hosted by the National Technical University of Athens.

The location was chosen in Athens because the meeting will also offer a technical training for the content providers of EuropeanaPhotography, who will learn how to properly use the software tool for the ingestion of metadata to Europeana.

In facts in the previous months, while the content providers started the selection of content and initial digitization phase, the technical partners (NTUA and KMKG) were working closely together to develop the tools for enrichment and ingestion: the EuropeanaPhotography multilingual vocabulary, by KMKG and the MINT mapping tool, by NTUA.

As a result, a very user-friendly platform is ready to use for EuropeanaPhotography content providers: once the selected images are digitized, the related metadata will be ingested, mapped and enriched with the tool and the vocabulary, and then delivered to Europeana.

The MINT training is not the only special-event of the plenary meeting: it is also planned to host a presentation about the Rights Labeling Campaign by the Europeana Team.

The Renaissance building of the Biblioteca Marciana hosted the international project meeting reserved to the DCH-RP partners

DCH-RP Second Plenary Meeting in Venice

photo by Maciej Brzeźniak

In the wonderful scenario of Venice, the Renaissance building of the Biblioteca Marciana hosted the Second Plenary Meeting of the DCH-RP project.

DCH-RP (Digital Cultural Heritage Roadmap for Preservation) is a coordination action supported by EC FP7 e-Infrastructures Programme, launched last October to look at best practice for preservation standards in use.

The project aim to harmonize data storage and preservation policies in the digital cultural heritage sector; to progress a dialogue and integration among institutions, e-Infrastructures, research and private organisations; to identify models for the governance, maintenance and sustainability of the integrated infrastructure for digital preservation of cultural content.

It involves 13 partners from 8 different European countries and will move to external partners from Europe and other countries.

DCH-RP is part of a wider process, which started 10 years ago among cultural institutions with the projects DC-NET and INDICATE, two pioneer projects in the DCH e-Infrastructures area which identified the implementation of a preservation infrastructure for DCH as the first priority in this sector.

photo by Maciej Brzeźniak

The two-days discussion, held in a positive spirit of collaboration, covered both the impacts already achieved by previous projects and those foreseen in the future to be obtained by DCH-RP.
The first step in the discussion is to measure the impact delivered by DC-NET and INDICATE .

To this regard, each CH partner has presented the situation in its respective country with a special focus on:

1. Amount of the investments committed by national authorities on the DCH e-infrastructure within national programmes and projects;
2. The influence obtained by the partner in the national programming, directly, or through other institutions;
3. The role of the partner in the national projects, directly, or through other institutions.

The discussion, supported by partner’s presentations, was very useful to provide a clear situation on the European DCH’s sector.

The references were focused on the real increase of investment for a DCH e-infrastructure, the concrete use of the existing e-infrastructures to activate innovative services that did not exist before, the implementations of new components of e- infrastructures.

The meeting continued with the discussion on the project’s activities, where each partner presented its achievements and plans for the next months. (find below all the presentations of the partners)
The next project meeting will take place in September 2013 in Stockholm, hosted by the Swedish Royal Archives.

More information on DCH-RP project Official Site

Padova hosted a very full immersion program with WG meetings, training workshops and social events

Linked Heritage Fifth Plenary meeting in Italy

Photo by Piotr Kozurno

On 6, 7 and 8 March, Padua hosted a plenary meeting between the partners of Linked Heritage, the project founded by the European Union in order to increase the quantity and quality of the content provided to Europeana – the great European digital library – from the public and private sectors.

The three days event has been hosted at the Emeroteca Cà Borin, the newspaper library that collects about 600 printed journals on open shelves.

The Plenary was opened with the national workshop “Il patrimonio culturale digitale verso Europeana e CulturaItalia: aspetti tecnici e metodologia”, addressed to librarians, museum curators, archivists, and experts in the field of culture. The meeting, in addition to focusing on the key issues of the project, was an opportunity to describe the experience of CulturaItalia as a national aggregator.

There were also two trainings: one concerning MINT, a new open-source web application to facilitate the dataflow to Europeana, and the other concerning a set of learning objects made in order to facilitate the understanding and the dissemination of the key concepts of the Digital Library.

The second-day meeting was divided into two sessions: in the morning there were two different technical meetings devoted to the individual working groups; the afternoon session was dedicated to the first part of the plenary meeting including the “State of the art of the project” (presentation by the project coordinator Dr. Rossella Caffo) and the status of the Work Packages. At the end of the presentations, the partners had the opportunity to visit some very interesting hystorical places of Padova (as the “Teatro Anatomico” and the “Cattedra di Galileo”) before completing the day with a relaxing Social Dinner.

The last day meeting was opened with the presentation of Dr. Antonella Fresa (Technical Coordinator) on the Status of the activities and the planning of the last months of the project (the project will close at the end of September). WP leaders completed the exposition on the Status of their Work Packages and the Plenary meeting was closed in the afternoon with the last Working Group. All the preminent topics have been addressed: interoperability, workflow, open data, multilingualism, e-learning, dissemination with depth and useful discussions and in a a spirit of true and profitable collaboration.

A complete report of the meeting coming soon…

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Pisa, 8 February - 7 March 2013

Una mostra di Rudy Pessina

Associazione Culturale Imago

Via Bovio, 10 – 56100 – Pisa

Tel. 328 66 10 814

imagopisa@tiscali.it

www.imagopisa.it

Lincoln (NE), USA 16-19 July 2013

Digital Humanities 2013

Digital Humanities is the annual international conference of the following organizations:

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, which includes the Association for Computers in the Humanities, the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing, the Society for Digital Humanities/Société pour l’étude des médias interactifs, and centerNet, is an umbrella organisation whose goals are to promote and support digital research and teaching across arts and humanities disciplines, drawing together humanists engaged in digital and computer-assisted research, teaching, creation, dissemination, and beyond, in all areas reflected by its diverse membership.

The Digital Humanities conference in 2013 will be hosted by the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Lincoln Nebraska is located on the Great Plains in the center of the United States.

Call for papers:

The Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) invites submissions of abstracts for its annual conference, on any aspect of the digital humanities. This includes but is not limited to:

humanities research enabled through digital media, data mining, software studies, or information design and modeling;
computer applications in literary, linguistic, cultural, and historical studies, including electronic literature, public humanities, and interdisciplinary aspects of modern scholarship;
the digital arts, architecture, music, film, theatre, new media, digital games, and related areas;
the creation and curation of humanities digital resources;
social, institutional, global, multilingual, and multicultural aspects of digital humanities
and the role of digital humanities in pedagogy and academic curricula.

Cultura project, a 36 months EU project funded under Seventh Framework Programme, has answered to the Call, submitting an abstract. The abstract called “An Evaluation of the Involvement of General Users in a Cultural Heritage Collection” by Agosti, Benfante, Manfioletti, Orio, Ponchia has been accepted.

Cultura project will attend the International Conference presenting the following papers and posters:

“An Evaluation of the Involvement of General Users in a Cultural Heritage Collection” by Agosti, Benfante, Manfioletti, Orio and Ponchia
“Normalisation in Historical Text Collections” by Lawless, Hampson, Mitankin and Gerdjikov (Poster)
“The FAST-CAT: Empowering Cultural Heritage Annotations” by Munnelly, Hampson, Ferro and Conlan (Full Paper)
“CULTURA: Supporting Professional Humanities Researchers” by Sweetnam, Bailey, O’Siochru and Conlan (Short Paper, Abstract)

Linked Documents (PDF):

More information on the DH2013:

http://dh2013.unl.edu/about/

Registration will open on March 1, 2013.

Pratical information to reach Lincoln (NE) will be available soon…

A new publication enriches the research in the field of the new technologies scanning using 2D and 3D modelling

Scanning Technologies for Heritage

by our referent from Jordan, Marwan Asmar

Theaters scalped in new 3D digital scanning and modelling technologies is at the heart of preservation, conservation and protection of ancient structures. It is using digital technology to preserve culture and heritage.

This latest publication, written and prepared by the academic staff of the Dipartimento di Storia Disegno e Restauro dell’Architettura (DiSDRA) of La Sapienza Università di Roma, is a great addition to new technology scanning using 2D and 3D modelling with a special focus on the Merida theaters.

Whilst, it’s part of the ATHENA Project to sustain ancient theaters, and as the introduction emphasises, there is a much tangible quality about what is sure to become a work of reference on the use of new technologies for documentation.

The book, which is made in a glossy format combines broad sections, documentation results and history and analysis of ancient theaters to draw out the best in exploring new technologies on theatre upkeep.

There is for instance theoretical and practical chapters, giving it a strong case in integrated representation whilst examining the importance of historical drawings, numerical models, 2D profiling. There is also focus on point cloud digital modelling, critical surveying, data communication and 3D scanning whilst contextualizing the analysis within historical and archaeological paradigms.

The volume, which is both in Italian and English is rich in graphics, top quality photos, theatre plans surveys and line and water colour drawings, exploring details, facades, angles and angles of the Merida theatre structures.

There is a plethora of types of plans and sections in black and white as well as colour, giving the text a fabric texture feel for the specialist as well as those who want to learn about the theater structure. They are designed to show the importance of scanning in the preservation of heritage.

There is an extensive bibliography to show the scientific balance of work that meanders between technology and heritage while highlighting works on history and archaeological studies, proportional and geometric analysis, archaeological representation, 3D laser scanning, and photo-modelling.

The book is a rich addition to the field of heritage that is looking to be invaluable to the study of preserving heritage.

La Documentazione Dei Teatri Antichi Del Meditterraneo, Le Attivita Del Progetto ATHENA A Merida (Documentation of Mediterranean Ancient Theaters, ATHENA’s Activities in Merida), Carlo Bianchini et al, Rome: Gangemi Editore, PP 206.

Taipei, 17-22 March 2013

International Symposium on Grids and Clouds (ISGC) 2013

The International Symposium on Grids and Clouds (ISGC) 2013 will be held at Academia Sinica in the wonderful scenario of Taipei from 17-22 March 2013, with co-located events and workshops. The conference is hosted by the Academia Sinica Grid Computing Centre (ASGC).

For more than a decade, ISGC has been tracking the advances in distributed computing across the Asia Pacific region and leading the development of regional e-Science activities and collaborations around the world. With the continuous support and dedication from the delegates, ISGC has provided the primary international distributed computing platform where distinguished researchers and collaboration partners from around the world share their knowledge and experiences.

The theme of ISGC 2013 is Collaborative Simulation, Modelling and Data Analytics in Grids and Clouds.

The global e-science movement is bringing with it fundamental changes in the way we produce, manage, understand and exploit data within worldwide collaborations. At its heart is the complex large-scale data analytics that takes place around the large data sets generated from simulations, modelling and physical instruments.

ISGC 2013 will bring together from the Asia-Pacific region and around the world, researchers that are developing applications to produce these large-scale data sets and the data analytics tools to extract the knowledge from the generated data, and the e-infrastructure providers that integrate the distributed computing, storage and network resources to support these multidisciplinary research collaborations. The meeting will feature workshops, tutorials, keynotes and technical sessions to further support the development of a global e-infrastructure for collaborative Simulation, Modelling and Data Analytics.

Topics of discussion include Physics (including HEP) and Engineering Applications, Biomedicine & Life Sciences Applications, Earth & Environmental Science & Biodiversity, Humanities & Social Sciences Applications, Infrastructure & Operations Management, Middleware & Interoperability, Infrastructure Clouds & Virtualisation, Business Models & Sustainability, Data Management, Managing Distributed Computing Systems, High Performance & Technical Computing (HPTC), and Big Data Analytics.

ISGC sincerely invites and encourages anyone who is interested in grids and clouds to participate in this grand event. For abstract submission and detailed information on the topics, please visit the Call for Paper page.

In this light, the DCH-RP project submitted an abstract and will attend the meeting. Please find the attached abstract “The DCH-RP Project” by R. Barbera, A. Fresa (PDF, 63 kb).

Press conference disseminate results and actions of four major projects in framework of Euromed-Heritage 4 Program

Mobilising Heritage Through 4 EU Projects

by our referent from Jordan, Marwan Asmar

It’s all for the love of culture, using the latest multimedia technologies to preserve cultural heritage across a dynamic area of the world that links Europe, the Mediterranean, north African and on to the Fertile Crescent countries that include Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

With the holding of the Euromed Heritage press conference in Amman at Grand Hyatt Hotel in Amman, on 10 December 2012, culture and technology for preservation of heritage and protection take the high-seat.

Minister Fayez on a lighthearted note

Jordan’s Minister of Tourism and Antiquities and Minister of Environment Nayef Hmeidi Al-Fayez launched the event in collaboration with European Delegation in Amman to disseminate the results and actions of 4 EU-supported projects in Jordan and the Euromed countries in a blustering force.

Under the spotlight were the projects of ATHENA (Ancient Theaters Enhancement for New Actualities), Med-Mem (Sharing our Mediterranean Audio-Visual Heritage), Medliher (Safeguarding Mediterranean Living Heritage,) and Youth in Lebanon and Jordan Promote Cultural Heritage, (Foundations for a Strong Future projects).

Minister Al Fayez was upbeat telling the gathering which included managers and staff from the projects, media personalities from the press, radio and terrestrial and satellite channels, from archaeological institutions in Jordan and civil society organizations, he is very pleased about these important projects both for Jordan and the Euromed countries together.

“It gives me a great sense of pride to be able to talk to you about these Euromed Heritage projects that link heritage, culture and history with the needs of the modern world. Their success is bearing fruit because of their diversity as they connect different institutions of society and contribute to the economy, culture, heritage and the arts,” the Minister stressed.

“All four projects…are powerful landmarks to build on because they touch “tangible” aspects of our lives, revolving around a structure of actions in the field of cultural heritage for a better environment and sustainable human and economic development,” he continued.

Minister Fayez who takes a keen interest in putting Jordan on the map as a powerful tourist destination said it was remarkable to see how the notion of cultural heritage has been dealt with, tackling different aspects from forging mechanisms for safeguarding heritage, reinforcing institutional capacities and civic institutions, to extensive multi-media archiving, as well as bringing the youths and local communities and getting them involved to support culture and heritage.

He paid tribute to the international organizations, authorities and academic institutions and universities that have been on these projects in the countries of Algeria, Italy, Spain, Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Egypt and Syria and said he was particularly pleased Jordan is leading the ATHENA Project under the Department of Antiquities and is coordinating with all partners.

ATHENA Project Manager Nizar Al Adarbeh

It was a full program of dissemination through power-point presentations. Nizar Al Adarbeh, Manager of the ATHENA Project in the Department of Antiquities spoke on behalf of Christian Dabdoub Nasser, team leader in the Regional Monitoring and Support Unit in Brussels responsible for the projects under the Euromed Heritage IV Program.

“We are disseminating presently the results and achievements of four projects out of 12 regional projects under the Euromed Heritage IV Program which took effect from late 2008 and is ending in early 2013 at a total budget of 17 million euros,” he said.

“The Euromed program, started in 1998 with total spending of 57 million till 2007, shows the commitment of the European Union to the Euromed area that includes Algeria, Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia and other countries in the region,” Al Adarbeh added.

EU First Councillor Mingasson

Representative of the EU mission in Amman and First Councillor Ms Irene Mingasson and expressing the European Union’s view when she said the Mediterranean has a rich cultural legacy that provides a vital link to promote coexistence, international relations and dialogue.

Khaled Al Abdallat said the Med-Mem is a 14–television network from Jordan, Italy, Algeria, Morocco and France that had collected a massive 4000 videos in support of Euro-Mediterranean and can be viewed free at the online archive of www.medmem.eu site.

The Safeguarding Mediterranean Living Heritage, Medliher, involved protecting heritage through strengthening the institutional organizations on the local, national and international levels and raising their capacities and creating the avenues to safeguard cultural heritage.

Robert Maroney of Mercy Corp with Jordan Museum invitee Dr Khaireh Amr

The Youth in Lebanon and Jordan Promote Cultural Heritage project about instilling culture and heritage amongst youths in both countries was presented by Mercy Corp in Amman Director Robert Marony whose organization represents the through the Foundations for a Strong Future. The project also involved developing programs for these young members of society to make sure they identify and develop pride in their cultural heritage.

The last presentation was on the ATHENA Project for the Ancient Theaters Enhancement for New Actualities. Nizar Al Adarbeh spoke about the successes and moves to sustain ancient theaters and make people and local community more aware of the need to sustain these structures by safeguarding them from long-terms risks.

“The ATHENA Project achieved a great deal of work actions on the research, documentation and digital scanning levels of ancient theaters across the Euromed region and this included networking with the partner countries of Jordan, Tunisia, Italy, Algeria and Spain, and this involved regional meetings in Amman and Tunis to ensure a smoother work process,” he added.

Such cooperation with the different partner institutions, interacting with archaeologists, academics, archivists, media workers, television professionals and skilled digital surveyors ensured the success of these projects.

Much banners were hoisted around the hall that highlighted different ancient sites in Jordan as well as laser scans while two banners of Alladin’s Magical Journey to Ancient Theaters displayed to signal the children’s book written by award-winning writer Mohammad Al Thaher.

Al Thaher book signs for UNESCO representative in Amman

At the end of the press conference there was a book signing ceremony of Alladin’s tale that was distributed amongst the audience. The children’s book is to be disseminated across many public schools in Jordan which is seen as a way to ensure the sustenance of ancient theaters among young people for future generations.

This is because of the importance of the each with Alladin flying from one theater to the next carrying messages for the respect of ancient theaters.

Another book on the stand was Crossing Viewpoints: Living Heritage in the Mediterranean, a latest publication of the Euromed Heritage Program in cooperation with the Adverbum and Jarouss Press to stress the importance of cultural heritage in the region.

Girona, on 20 - 23 November 2012, hosted a prestigious event

12th IMAGE & RESEARCH Conference

by David Iglésias Frank, CRDI – Centre for Image Research and Diffussion, Girona City Council

In the third week of November (from 20th to 23rd) it was held a new edition of the Image and Research Conference, organized by the Centre for Image Research and Diffusion (CRDI) of the Girona City Council with the collaboration of the Association of Archivists of Catalonia. In that edition, around 150 people attended representing twelve different countries. The Image and Research Conference held its twelfth year, and after 22 years, we have become the benchmark event in Spain for professionals involved in photography and audiovisual mainly in the field of archival, preservation, history and document management.

photo by Jordi S. Carrera

The Conference started on the 20th at the facilities of the Centre for Image Research and Diffusion with the completion of the workshop “Preparation of original photographs for digitization” by Angelica Soleiman, Master’s degree in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management, at Ryerson University and at George Eastman House (Toronto, Canada – Rochester, NY, USA). The workshop aimed to look at, among other things, the reasons that justify digitalization, and the most common specific problems encountered during photographic processes in archives and collections, while proposing valuation measures along with recommendations before and after the digitalization process. The workshop was repeated on 21^st November, 50 people attended.

On the 22^nd and 23^rd it took place the sessions for papers and presentations that make up the main event of the Conference in the Girona Conference Centre.

photo by Jordi S. Carrera

To highlight some of the speakers we quote Howard Besser, Director of New York University’s Moving Image Archiving & Preservation masters degree program with the paper “Preparing the Next Generation of Audiovisual Archivists: Lessons from New York University’s Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program”.

Augusto Pieroni, who teaches Photography History and Criticism at the University of Rome Sapienza, dedicated his talk to the analysis and interpretation of the photographic work with the idea that interpretation is entailed by every use of photography. Pau Maynés, photograph conservator, made a series of reflections on the history of the restoration and conservation of photographs, from the seventies to the present. Last, Carles Mitjà, Professor at the Image Processing and Multimedia Technology Centre (CITM) at Polytechnics University (UPC) took us through the various stages in the digitalization of photographs with regard to infrastructures and procedures.

In the experiences session we quote the speakers that took part of the Conference. Richard Wright, the archive preservation specialist in the BBC Research and Development department in London, presented the European project for digital preservation with audiovisual Prestoprime as a director of this project. Nathalie Doury, general manager of Parisienne de Photographie, the company in charge of digitization and management of reproduction rights of the City of Paris’ photographic and iconographic collections, talked about the experience in managing this collection. She mainly focused on the commercial strategies. The commercial issue, but focused on audiovisual materials, was also the main subject in the paper of Sue Malden, Media Archive Consultant and chair of the Federation of Commercial Audio Visual Archives (FOCAL International). David Iglésias, from CRDI, presented a conceptual information map to design the photographic digital archive. And last, Didier Grange, archivist from Municipal Archive in Genève explained its strategies to preserve the video fonds of the city.

photo by Jordi S. Carrera

The program gives also special importance to the debate and participation. On the 22^nd it took place the round table titled ” What is the Archives position in front of legal uncertainty of mere photographs?” in which were involved Jordi Lluís Forgas (Judge), Josep Matas (Lawyer), Lluís Salom (representative of the photographers from UPIFC) Joan Boadas (Archivist at CRDI), and David Iglésias (Rapporteur of the on-line debate, at Facebook).

Concerning the Europeana Photography Project, some publicity was made. People could get the leaflet at the reception, we had 75 copies. In the opening session, Joan Boadas, Director of CRDI, mentioned the project and did a short explanation about its mission.

photo by Jordi S. Carrera

Also, Ms. Nathalie Doury, from Parisienne de Photographie, mentioned the project during the presentation of her paper. However, the main presentation of the project will take place in the Conference organized by the International Council on Archives (ICA) that will be host in Girona in October 2014. It will include three events: the 2^nd ICA annual Conference, the 9^th European Conference on Archives and the 13^th Image and Research Congress.

Once again, the two-days meeting in Girona was for all of us a good opportunity to be in contact with colleagues with different backgrounds, but with a shared interest: the photographic and audiovisual heritage.

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A BPN project that is collecting very good results.

LINKED HERITAGE: achievements and next steps

Linked Heritage (www.linkedheritage.eu) is a Best Practice Network which includes ministries, responsible government agencies, content providers and aggregators, leading research centres, publishers and SMEs from 20 EU countries, together with Israel and Russia. Its main focus is on the one hand the provision of large quantities of new content (3 million) to Europeana (www.europeana.eu), from both the public and private sectors, and on the other hand the enhancement of the quality of both new and existing Europeana content, in terms of its metadata richness, its re-use potential and its uniqueness.

The activities are delivered through the work of 7 Work Packages, led by different partners, with the support of 4 European Thematic Working Groups as well as a number of Interdisciplinary National Working Groups, which address the following issues:

1. The use of linked data to support more expressive semantic processing within Europeana, as well as making Europeana information available to third parties.

2. Persistent identifiers and their use for preventing duplicate records and broken links

3. Metadata and standards to improve the richness of content and the alignment with the Europeana data models (particularly from non-library sources)

4. Multilingual and cross-domain combination of terminologies to improve semantic-web-based-access and retrieval of cultural objects within Europeana.

5. Engagement with the private sector (especially publishers) and remediation of their metadata via Europeana.

During the first half of the project, which ended with a very successful review by the European Commission, the following main results were achieved.

The state of the art in linked data, its applications and potential was explored through the publication of a Best practice report on cultural heritage linked data and metadata standards, that identifies the most appropriate models, processes and technologies for the deployment of cultural heritage information repositories as linked data; this work constitutes the basis for the experimentation on open data in the Europeana context that can be performed through a demonstrator that has been developed in the scope of the project.

The identification of the most appropriate approach to persistent identification of digital resources that has been analysed too, and the results of this analysis have been published in a State of the art report on persistent identifier standards and management tools.

A Terminology Management Platform has been developed to demonstrate how it is possible to create and update a network of multilingual cross-domain thesauri and controlled vocabularies in a collaborative way. It hereby aims to reduce the large gap between the actual state of terminology management in cultural institutions, and the skills and means necessary to deliver these vocabularies in a standardised format.

The results of the work on Terminologies & Multilingualism have been published in a Booklet which contains recommendations for the design and management of terminologies to help people working in European museums, experts or non-experts in Information Engineering and/or Linguistics, to improve the future retrievability of their digital collections online.

The work carried out by the Working Group on Public Private Partnerships (PPP) focused on the exploration of metadata management practices in the private sector, including the analysis of the metadata models in use across multiple media sectors (books, music, photography, film), identity management, controlled vocabularies and IPR related issues. The results have been published in a Best Practice Report on PPP.

All these topics and even more are part of the comprehensive training programme designed and implemented by the University of Padua. The learning objects are tailored for an entry-level target audience and will be made available through a Virtual Library Environment which will be presented at the next Linked Heritage Training and Dissemination Event which is planned in Padova on March 6th-8th, 2013.