MORE 'EUROPEANA' POSTS
From Bloomberg: Digital libraries may be able to include more copyrighted works under European Union rules proposed [on Tuesday]. The European Commission is seeking to bolster the EU-funded Internet library Europeana, a rival to the Internet book service operated by Google Inc., owner of the most popular Internet- search engine. Some so-called orphan works, including […]
If you’re not a developer (like us) it’s always interesting learn about what those with coding skills have created at mashathons/hackathons. You can read about what was developed at these events and and in some cases see that mashups in action. Now and then live demos are available and/or you can contact the developer(s) to […]
Europeana Launches Weblog
| Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources
Europeana, the database that provides online access to a growing collection of cultural and scientific heritage materials from Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collection,” launched a blog earlier this week that can be accessed at: http://blog.europeana.eu/ The blog will provide info about Europeana content, projects, and special events. One of the first blog posts […]
Archives Portal Europe (Beta) Is Now Online
| Archives and Special Collections, Patrons and Users, Resources
From a Europeana Blog Post: The Archives Portal Europe is now online. This is the first beta version of the portal, which gives users access to 7.797.809 descriptive units and 726.136 digital archival objects.
