What is this Europeana thing?

Breandán Knowlton – @bfk

Europeana Creative Kick-Off, 21 February 2013, Vienna

I am ...I am ...Breandán Knowlton

Programme ManagerEuropeana Foundation

Breandán KnowltonProgramme ManagerEuropeana Foundation

B @ breandan.org@bfk

B @ breandan.org@bfk

Today

• What is Europeana?

• What Sort of Projects Do We

Do?

• What’s Next?

What is Europeana?

What is Europeana?

2008

2008

Europeana is a website ….

Actually a series of websites ….

And an Application Programming Interface (API) ...

Built on a data service, with ….

• 150 aggregators and other data providers,

representing ...

• 3,000 museums, libraries, archives and

audiovisual collections, which have contributed ...

• 26 million digital objects, of which ...

• 6 million are available for commercial re-use.

and g

rowin

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It’s operated by a non-profit, the Europeana Foundation

It’s operated by a non-profit, the Europeana Foundation

Along with a dizzying array ofMuseums, Archives and Libraries

Called theEuropeana Network

The Foundation and the Network work on Projects …like Europeana Creative.

Europeana Photography

Europeana Inside Europeana 1914-1918Europeana Libraries Europeana

Newspapers

How do we do that?

How do we do that?

EngagementEngagement

We engage online.

Virtual ExhibitionsVirtual Exhibitions

Site for cultural professionals Site for cultural professionals

BlogBlog

NewsletterNewsletter

Professional BlogProfessional Blog

PinterestPinterest

And connect to offline.

Some Exciting ProjectsSome Exciting Projects

Collaboration with WikipediaCollaboration with Wikipedia

Some Exciting ProjectsSome Exciting Projects

Hackathons and Hack4EuropeHackathons and Hack4Europe

Some Exciting ProjectsSome Exciting Projects

WWI Community Collection DaysWWI Community Collection Days

But there’s a big gap.

We can’t build all of the engagement platforms.But we’re not enabling creative industry to do it, either.

What’s Next?What’s Next?

1. Linked Open Data

2. Extend the Licensing Framework

from metadata to content

2. Extend the Licensing Framework

from metadata to content

3. Crowdsourcing Campaigns

And our newest initiative ...

4. The Europeana Open Lab Network

EngagementEngagement

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Watch these:Watch these:www.europeana.eu

blog.europeana.eupro.europeana.eu/blog

www.europeana.eublog.europeana.eu

pro.europeana.eu/blog

Thank you!Thank you!Breandán Knowlton

Programme ManagerEuropeana Foundation

Breandán KnowltonProgramme ManagerEuropeana Foundation

B @ breandan.orgPro.europeana.euB @ breandan.orgPro.europeana.eu