Europeana released it’s Public Domain Charter to protect the Public Domain. According to Europeana it is: “a statement that calls for the Public Domain to be kept freely accessible to Europe’s citizens. Europeana believes that material held in trust for the public for generations, often at taxpayers’ expense, should not enter the private sector when…
By Claude Mussou From 8 to 11 April 2010, the Permanent Conference of Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators (COPEAM), has met in Paris under the patronage of Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic. Co-organised by Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (Ina) and supported by France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture and Communication, the…
The MEDEA Awards team have re-launched the MEDEA website for this year’s competition with a closing date of 31 July. This site includes a media gallery with best-practice showcases including interviews with the 2009 award winners, finalists and participants in the Highly Commended category. The MEDEA team has also launched a MEDEA YouTube Channel which…
By Sally Reynolds The amount of interest in educational repositories is on the rise and practically every European country now offers some form of repository for teachers and others to use. One very active group of people who are exploring this topic are members of the EdReNe thematic network which was funded under the eContentPlus…
A workshop on user requirements has been held on March 31 in Amsterdam at the venue of Noterik. The workshop was attended by members of the working group on new services development and business models, technical partners and task leaders of Work Package 5, Use Case Development. The meeting was led by András Bálint Kovács…
Memoriav, one of the associate partners of EUscreen, has signed a contract in March with the Swiss Federal Office of Culture which secures federal funding for the archive during the period 2010-2013. A supplementary amount of 1.2 million CHF (€ 830,000) will be dedicated to the further development of the online services for audiovisual content. To reach this…
By Christopher Natzén/Mats Rohdin On 4 March 2010, Sonja De Leeuw and Pelle Snickars presented Video Active and EUscreen at the Department of Cinema Studies, Stockholm University’s research seminar. The presentation attracted attention afterwards in an article in the second largest Swedish newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, written by Professor Astrid Söderbergh-Widding from the Department of Cinema Studies….
The first EUscreen regional workshop has been held in London on February 5 at the BUFVC venue. The workshop was the first in a series of three. During the workshops, archivists from the consortium gather to discuss issues regarding content selection policy, IPR and the metadata schema that will be used in EUscreen. The other two…
The DISH2009 Conference (Digital Strategies for Heritage) on December 9 and 10 (2009) in Rotterdam was organised by DEN (Dutch Digital Heritage). The program included plenary sessions, workshops and paper presentations. Approximately 600 professionals from various countries participated in the conference. Wietske van den Heuvel and Maarten Brinkerink held a presentation about EUscreen and Open…
Prof. Dr. Sonja de Leeuw presented EUscreen during a workshop at the EVA/MINERVA Conference on November 10 and 11 (2009) in Jerusalem. The conference is an annual event for professionals working in the cultural field in Israel and focuses on the application of advanced technologies and the exchange of knowledge and experiences with European colleagues….