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Europeana & World War One Iniatives

Europeana & World War One Iniatives. BL Roundtable 24 January 2013. What connects a life-saving Bible…. …a crucifix in a bottle…. …and a postcard?. Europeana 1914-1918 – From concept to project. 2008 - Oxford University & JISC launch the Great War Archive

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Europeana & World War One Iniatives

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  1. Europeana & World War OneIniatives BL Roundtable 24 January 2013

  2. What connects a life-saving Bible…

  3. …a crucifix in a bottle…

  4. …and a postcard?

  5. Europeana 1914-1918 – From concept to project 2008 - Oxford University & JISC launch the Great War Archive 2010-2011 – Europeana, DNB & Oxford University launch Erster Weltkrieg in Alltagsdokumenten 2012-2014 – Europeana launch a series of initiatives across Europe

  6. 16 family history roadshows in 6 European countries March 2011 – January 2012 Germany March- December 2012 Luxemburg UK (Preston, Banbury) Ireland (Dublin, Limerick) Slovenia (Nova Gorica, Maribor, Celje) Denmark (Sønderborg, Aarhus, Roskilde, Velje, Copenhagen) • more than 5000 vistors • more than 4500 contributions • almost 50,000 digital images

  7. Upcoming roadshows: 2013 26 January – Paphos, Cyprus 25 February – Ljubljana, Slovenia 16 March – Trento, Italy 21 March – Dublin, Ireland 2013-2014 France Austria Poland Romania Slovakia Greece, Serbia Portugal

  8. Great Britain, Preston

  9. The most successful roadshow so far, more than 600 participants. Ireland, Dublin

  10. PR-Campaign Europeana 1914-1918 in Germany • Press launch in Berlin • A3 Posters • Folder • Postcard

  11. Europeana 1914-1918 Related initiatives

  12. Why Europeana? • European story • Connects people and personal history to the content we hold in the institutions and therefore Europeana • Its inspiring!

  13. Thank you. Jill Cousins Jill.Cousins@kb.nl

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