Digital innovation and accessto Europe's heritage online:the strategy of Europeana.eu

Jon Purday Senior Communications Advisor

ACCESSACCESS

Europeana facts

• Portal integrating Europe’s digitised books, films, images, sounds

• 20 million items available

• 1500 museums, libraries, archives and audiovisual collections

• Working with aggregators: 20 projects in different domains or subject areas

• National initiatives in many countries: Culture Grid in the UK

From Dada to Surrealism: Jewish Avant-Garde Artists from Romania,

1910-1938

INNOVATION

Innovation in support of:

The Digital Agenda for Europe"Europe has probably the world's greatest cultural heritage.

It cannot afford to miss the opportunities offered by digitisation.

Digitisation brings culture into people's homes and is a valuable

resource for education, tourism, games, animation and the

whole creative industry. Investing in digitisation will create

new companies and generate new jobs."

Neelie Kroes, Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda

Running Hackathons to develop innovative new apps

Linked Open Data initiatives

Thank you

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