EUscreen AN INTRODUCTION

Maja Drabczyk

National Audiovisual Institute/ EUscreen Foundation

Warsaw, FIAT/IFTA Conference 2016

maria.drabczyk@nina.gov.pl @majadrabczyk

1. PAST REVISITED

2. NETWORK & MISSION

3. PORTAL & CONTEXTUALISATION

4. ADVOCACY & TRAINING

5. BENEFITS & GOVERNANCE

AGENDA

THE PAST REVISITED [1]

Video Active – 11 countries EUscreen – 23 countries

2006-2009 Video Active: Providing Access to TV heritage

2013-2016 EUscreenXL: The Pan-European Aggregator of Audiovisual Content for Europeana

2009-2012 EUscreen: Exploring Europe's Television Heritage in Changing Contexts

2016 – … EUscreen: the Expert Hub for audiovisual heritage

THE PAST REVISITED [2]

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“EUscreen is an independent, inclusive network, supporting

durable and contextualised access to Europe’s television

heritage. We actively promote awareness of audiovisual

heritage in various domains, including education, research,

media production and towards the general public”.

MISSION STATEMENT

THE PORTAL

METADATA

• VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS

• VIDEO COLLECTIONS

• VIDEO POSTERS

CONTEXTUALISATION [1]

CONTEXTUALISATION [2] – VIEW JOURNAL

CONTEXTUALISATION [3] - FREEDOM EXPRESS

BERLIN

BRUSSELS

WARSAW

VIENNA

BUDAPEST

BUCHAREST

BRATISLAVA

PRAGUE

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ADVOCACY

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

MYEUSCREEN

CONFERENCES: • 30-31 Oct 2014, Rome: From Audience to User: Engaging with

Audiovisual Heritage Online • 3-4 December 2015, Warsaw: Content in Motion: Curating Europe’s Audiovisual

Heritage

WORKSHOPS • IPR • Trainings for partners

VALUE [1]

EUscreen as an additional channel for distribution and engagement of content:

1. International rather than national reach (new audiences, opportunity to become involved in multinational partnerships)

2. Offer content as part of Europeana’s thematic collections

3. Scholarly publications (VIEW)

4. Raising visibility and awareness through multiple communication channels

VALUE [2]

EUscreen as an innovative access point to publish and curate data on the web:

1. Providing high-quality standardised and multilingual access

2. Harvestable by Europeana and others (Linked Open Data)

VALUE [3]

EUscreen as expert hub:

1. Sharing knowledge on best practices and standards in the sector, influence pan-European policy making, i.e. on copyright

2. Develop funded projects involving members' collections

3. Benefit directly from revenue generated through external project funding (e.g. Europeana DSI)

EUSCREEN FOUNDATION

FOUNDATION MEMBERS

PARTICIPANTS

PARTICIPANTS’ COUNCIL

CHAIR

SUPPORTING PARTICIPANTS

BOARD

PLAN

1. Maintain the effective operation of our service infrastructure (including the secure hosting of content and aggregation of content to Europeana) and also

2. strive to keep it up-to-date by performing continuous editorial work, content selection, developing innovative technological solutions, etc.

3. Strengthen the role as expert forum for the exchange of knowledge on innovative developments in the audiovisual domain and the future of online AV archives;

4. Continue to be actively involved in the international debate on copyright and open access to digital heritage;

5. Create opportunities for collaboration between academics, archivists and technology providers within the creative industry, education and research sectors;

6. Organise training for partners – helping them develop new professional skills.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

QUESTIONS?