Interview by Gregory Markus For this edition of Who's Using What, Gregory Markus looks towards the digital preservation challenges that GLAMs face. He interviewed two developers from the PREFORMA Project: Xavi Tarres from Easy Innova (who is working on DPF Manager, the conformanc … | Continue reading
Happy Spring From the MediaArea Team! MediaArea Team released version 16.03 of MediaConch, the open source conformance checker for audiovisual files. Among the latest updates, it now supports plugins including VeraPDF and DPFManager, the other two PREFORMA conformance checkers fo … | Continue reading
European Policy Briefs: about Craft and about Economics (April 2016). The RICHES Policy Brief series is enlarged with two new releases: European Policy Brief. The Economic and Fiscal Dimension of Cultural Heritage. (April 2016). This policy brief focuses on the effects of two for … | Continue reading
Colleagues and friends from Europeana Space and other sister projects celebrated the new platform for accessing and experimenting with cultural heritage, developed by NTUA by Vassilis Tzouvaras (NTUA) The workshop «Repurpose, Experience, Taste and Rethink Culture», was held on Ma … | Continue reading
Madrid, 11-13 October 2016; deadline for submissions: 3 May 2016 Authors are invited to submit papers related to the Topics of Interest for the Cloud Forward 2016 Conference: From Distributed to Complete Computing Following the successful CF2015 conference organised by Promoter … | Continue reading
April 9 – June 12, 2016 Using augmented reality technology, Paulo Majano’s project I Was Here tells the stories of local people and places in areas south of Vancouver in 3D scenes that invite viewers to interact with these locations and explore them virtually. The images … Cont … | Continue reading
Genova, Italy, 5-7 October 2016 Call for Papers The 14th EUROGRAPHICS Workshop on Graphics and Cultural Heritage (GCH 2016) aims to foster an international dialogue between ICT experts and CH scientists to have a better understanding of the critical requirements for processing, m … | Continue reading
An interview with Antonella Fresa who explains how the citizen can be actively engaged in the Research processes on Cultural Heritage Developed under the EC's funded CIVIC EPISTEMOLOGIES project, the Roadmap,as the main outcome achieved by the project, has been presented to a sel … | Continue reading
Ermoupolis, Syros island (Greece), 27-29 July 2016 - Deadline for Submissions: April 30th, 2016 Deadline for Abstract Submissions: April 30th, 2016 Continue reading → | Continue reading
The German Association of Conservator-Restorers (VDR) is delighted to announce the major international symposium “Collecting and Conserving Performance Art” to be hosted by the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg in Germany on June 9-11, 2016. The two-and-a-half day event approaches issues sur … | Continue reading
Ferrara (Italy), 6 April 2016 The conference, focused on the most innovative strategies of digital documentation for accessing and understanding European Cultural Heritage, will present the first year of research activities of the project INCEPTION – Inclusive Cultural Heritage … | Continue reading
veraPDF is building the definitive, open source PDF/A validator veraPF's latest software is now available for download in the Open Source Portal. The veraPDF validation engine implements the PDF/A specification using formalisations of each requirement in PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF … | Continue reading
European Policy Brief. Food Heritage and Culture: Changing Spaces of Production and Consumption. (March 2016). The aim of this RICHES policy brief is to highlight the growth of community-led food initiatives and the changing spaces of food production and consumption. It shows how … | Continue reading
The event introduced the tools developed by E-Space Dance Pilot through a series of practical workshops by Hetty Blades and Rosamaria Cisneros, Coventry, University (UK). As part of the EU funded Europeana Space (E-Space) project, C-DaRE held its Digital Dance Day March 16th, 20 … | Continue reading
Athens, 19 – 22 May 2016 Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) returns with its 12th edition that will take place from 19 to 22 of May at the historic center of Athens. The main venue of the Festival will be the Building Complex Gate Ermou 117 … Continue reading → | Continue reading
The restoration team embarked on rebuilding some of the bottom rows of the niche which have simply weathered away over the centuries by our referent from Jordan, Marwan Asmar The Amman Nymphaeum project is a concrete preservation and reconstruction project where the operations on … | Continue reading
Jasná, Slovakia, 14-16 March 2016 Antonella Fresa, Technical Coordinator of PREFORMA, presented the project at the 19th edition of the ILIDE Conference. The presentation focused in particular on the open source approach and on the forthcoming testing phase, showing how the confor … | Continue reading
Athens, 22 March 2016 How to creatively reuse & participate in digital culture: an event organized by NTUA with the support of PostScriptum, to present the WITH platform technology that is at the basis of E-Space Technical Space. This one day conference brings together … Continu … | Continue reading
Brussels, 8 April 2016 Friday, 8 April 2016, 9.00-16.00 Brussels, Covent Garden, 9th floor, room 183 (COV2 9.0183) 16, Place Charles Rogier, BE-1210 Brussels This workshop will gather projects on Social Sciences and Humanities that focus on different aspects of cultures and citiz … | Continue reading
Brussels, 13 May 2016 Contemporary education, formal classrooms, museum educational programmes, lifelong learning are all increasingly embracing ‘the digital’. As more and more arts and culture artefacts become available in this digital space, it was only a matter of time before … | Continue reading
Pilots applications were displayed and many attendees were interested and wanted to learn more on the project by Hetty Blades and Rosamaria Cisneros, Coventry University (UK) The Europeana Space Dance and Games Pilot joined forces and organised the 6th edition of the Digital Echo … | Continue reading
Nottingham (UK), 16-17 April 2016 The ART // GAMES // HACKATHON is an intensive weekend workshop, which will allow artists, coders and technologists to collaborate, team up and develop prototypes of game art projects. This exciting event will take place at Game City in Nottingh … | Continue reading
By Gillian Doyle Nowadays more content is accessible, in more formats, on more devices, for more people than ever before. But, as media companies make the journey from being single sector to digital multi-platform suppliers of content, this transition has entailed numerous manage … | Continue reading
The third concertation meeting for on-going PCP projects in DG Connect, organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 10 March 2015, gave the opportunity to the attendees to network and share experiences on common issues that they face while implementing PCPs. PREFORMA part … | Continue reading
Prof. Fred Truyen participated with a lecture about the actitvities of E-Space in the domain of the education, also announcing the upcoming MOOC. by Clarissa Colangelo, KU Leuven From the 7th till the 9th of March 2016, the 10th annual International Technology, Education and Deve … | Continue reading
Jasná (Slovakia), 14-16 March 2016 For the 19th time, the beautiful surroundings of Low Tatras will create a scenery for the ILIDE 2016 Conference where as usually the digital preservation, digital collections access and digital processing experts from around the world will gathe … | Continue reading
The museum is interested to test Blinkster app and share results with other partners in Lithuania Rokiškis regional museum is an institutional member of the Lithuanian Museums Association. The beginnings of Rokiškis Regional Museum date back to 1933, when enthusiasts assembled in … | Continue reading
University of Northumbria - deadline 18 March 2016 This interdisciplinary project will explore how local cultural institutions (museums, libraries, and archives) can better prepare themselves to embed and manage migrants’ cultural heritage in the digital age. Project objectives i … | Continue reading
Amsterdam, 9 March 2016 On 9 March 2016, the e-IRG workshop on the progress of the e-Infrastructure Commons will take place in Amsterdam. e-IRG is a strategic body to facilitate integration in the area of European e-infrastructures and connected services, within and between membe … | Continue reading
Venice (Italy), 17-18 March 2016 Another inspiring hackathon for Europeana Space: the one dedicated to Museums. We’re looking for innovative and advantageous designers, coders, museum experts and lovers, cultural managers, artists, creatives, IT and marketing experts to take up … | Continue reading
cooperation agreement signed between the two Europeana related projects A cooperation agreement was recently signed between E-Space and Europeana Sounds. The two BPN are joining forces under the common umbrella of Europeana to develop synergies and enhance the access, disseminati … | Continue reading
RMIT is one of Australia's original tertiary institutions and a global university of technology, design and enterprise. Its European hub now joins RICHES network of common interest. We are glad to announce that a Cooperation Agreement was recently signed between RICHES and RMIT E … | Continue reading
Nicosia (Cyprus) 18-20 March 2016 The British Council and the British High Commission in Nicosia, in collaboration with Snook, a Glasgow-based digital innovation agency, and in partnership with Google, are hosting a Culture Shift Hackathon programme on 18th – 20th March, at the C … | Continue reading
The latest version of veraPDF is now available. The latest version of veraPDF is now available for download in the PREFORMA Open Source Portal. veraPDF is building the definitive, file-format validator for all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). This version contai … | Continue reading
European Commission, 25 Avenue de Beaulieu Brussels, 7 March 2016 This workshop offers an opportunity to learn of progress in the standardization of Cloud contracts and SLAs by ISO-liaison body SLALOM and cloud procurement by PICSE, two EC-backed initiatives. Delegates can contri … | Continue reading
Two events organised by AppHub in Brussels to promote open source innovation The AppHub team is glad to welcome you and your partners involved in open source innovation in Brussels, at two upcoming events, with interactive support for your project and AppHub Store demontrations: … | Continue reading
Europeana hopes to promote the adoption of the IIIF technology by demonstrating its value. As part of the Europeana Cloud project, a document proposing data modelling solutions for representing digital objects (such as images) and full-text with a particular focus on Newspapers r … | Continue reading
Madrid, 22-24 June 2016 This conference seeks to anticipate the future of education, offering a critical inside look into the current trends and resources being used in teaching and learning environments. The 2016 e-learning strategies and trends will be explored through the pres … | Continue reading
In this hackathon in particular, we focus on concepts and business models rather than the development itself. by Fred Truyen, KU Leuven. The Photography hackathon “Hack your Photo Heritage” is taking place this weekend, hosted at the FabLab of KU Leuven in Heverlee (Belgium). Pe … | Continue reading
Bern, 3-6 October 2016 iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation will be held on October 3-6, 2016 in Bern, Switzerland. PREFORMA submitted a proposal … | Continue reading
Girona, 17-18 November 2016 The 14th 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, will be held in Girona on 17-18 Nove … | Continue reading
How the York Museums Trust started opening up its collection by Lieke Plodger, Open Knowledge Foundation. OpenGLAM has just released a case study on the open data release last year of the York Museums Trust. The study was written as part of the Open Knowledge Foundation involveme … | Continue reading
Athens, Greece, 19-21 May 2016 Building on the success of the previews conferences, the 3rd International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT) is to be held in Athens, Greece, on May 19-21, 2016, with the theme “Tourism, Culture a … | Continue reading
Apply now, deadline 30 April 2016 UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable in World Heritage Sites with collaboration International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) invites you to take part in Summer School 2016 devoted to Information and Communication … | Continue reading