unlocking sources - jan 2014, berlin
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Europeana 1914-1918.eu, a digital resource Jill CousinsTRANSCRIPT
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Unlocking Sources:
Europeana 1914-1918.eu
a digital resource
January 30 2014, Berlin
The Idea: ‘The Union shall
respect its cultural and linguistic diversity,
and shall ensure that Europe’s cultural
heritage is safeguarded and enhanced’-
Article 3 Lisbon Treaty
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The Europeana Network
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CC-BY-SA
Neil Bates
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The diversity of the Content
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PD Hispana: A New Chart of Holland with the Entrances to
the Scheld, &c [Mapa] 1802
CC0 Public Domain Mark ‘The largest single dedication of cultural data to
the Public Domain’*
*Jonathan Gray, the Guardian
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Europeana1914-1918.eu
#Allezculture!
Connecting Europe
Facility
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Access we aim to provide a set of high-quality re-
usable content, tools and services to enable creativity and
innovation. It’s about making our digital objects as widely
available as possible, with licences that give people the
opportunity to do new things with them.
CC-BY-SA
Europeana
12 www.fansshare.com CC-BY-SA
Europeana
Mutuality we are a community, based on the
principles of achieving mutual benefit, acting in good faith
and presuming it on behalf of others.
CC-BY-SA
Europeana
Attribution we are committed to the principle of
respecting rights through acknowledgement and attribution.
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Shift from Portal to
Platform “Portals are for visiting, platforms are for building on*”
*Tim Sherrat, Trove
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14-18
Out
Exhibitions
Portal
Pro
UIM
In
Portal
14-18
1989
Food & drink B2C
Labs
B2B
Exhibitions
Sparql
Pro
Research
Dashboard
EDM
Wiki- upload
B2N
Platform
Core
API
UIM
Infrastructure
Services
Europeana Value chain
Content
Providers Aggregators Distributors Users
“reach the people who can reach the people”*
*Nick Poole
Europeana Commons
Distributors
Users
Institutions
Powered by Europeana
Aggregators
What does that mean
in practice?
Preserve
Use
1. to make available high
quality material
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2. To Support the Public
Domain “What is in the public domain should stay in the public
domain”
22 22 CC-BY-SA Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / NIBG
3. To enable re-use “Develop ‘open, unless’ policies for public material without
3rd party rights that allow re-use. Enable non-commercial
use and cross-border access”
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4. To improve
discoverability: “ensure that you can discover my culture in your
language”
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5. Value for partners
CC-BY 2.0 Alex (courtesy Europeana Creative WP4)
Europeana 1914-1918
1. to make available high
quality material
27 27 Public Domain Rijksmuseum
2. To Support the Public Domain “What is in the public domain should stay in the public
domain”
Public Domain Filmoteca Espanola
28 28 CC-BY-SA Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / NIBG
3. To enable re-use “Develop ‘open, unless’ policies for public material without 3rd
party rights that allow re-use. Enable non-commercial use and
cross-border access”
Europeana Education site on WW1
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4. To improve discoverability: “ensure that you can discover my culture in your language”
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5. Value for partners
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Europeana 1914-1918
Centenary
2014-2018: Centenary of the Great War
Europeana1914-1918.eu
Untold stories & official histories of WW1
“Explore stories, films and historical material about
the First World War and contribute your own family
history. Europeana 1914-1918 mixes resources from
libraries and archives across the globe with
memories and memorabilia from families throughout
Europe.”
Main event timeline for 2014
Jan March June Nov
Francis Ferdinand
assassinated
First Battle of Ypres, Turkey
entered war
Unlocking
Sources&collection
days
30-31 Jan, Berlin
Feb April May July August Sept Oct Dec
Collection
Days
Serbia
Austria declared
war on Serbia
Collection Days
Greece Collection Days
Bosnia
Collection Days
Netherlands
Round Table NL
campaign, KB
Collection Days
Portugal
Collection Days
Austria
Collection
Days
Croatia
[tbc] Britain declared
war on Germany
Battle of Marne
E1418 Workshop,
Istanbul
Conference Digitised
Heritage WW1 - BNF, Paris
Thematic Focus means….. Europeana
1914-1918… in everything…..
To demonstrate:
•Multilingual improvements
•Link between Institutional &
personal heritage
•Inclusion of API’s (DPLA, DigitalNZ &
Trove)
•Geo Tagging
•User Tagging
Thematic Focus means….. Europeana
1914-1918… in everything….. To reuse in:
Creative Challenges
eBooks
Google Exhibition Pipeline Prototype
Europeana Research
Research Hubs
Wikipedia
Historypin
Social Media: Pinterest,
Retronaut…….
Jisc WW1 Centenary Hub
Educational Resources: Historiana, BL
Thematic Focus means….. Europeana
1914-1918… in everything…..
To promote in:
Launch of new site in Berlin January 29, 2014
Wiki loves monuments
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 Berlin
Conference
House of European History
Social Media
