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This conference discusses the impact of EuropeanaLocal and its contribution to Europeana. It highlights the current content and recent improvements in site traffic, as well as the future strategic plan for Europeana. It also emphasizes the need for aggregating local and regional content and the role of the Council of Content Providers and Aggregators.
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Europeana and the impact of EuropeanaLocal EuropeanaLocal Swedish conference, Härnösand 25 May 2011 Lizzy Komen, Europeana
Europeana today • EuropeanaLocal contribution • What holds the future? #2
Europeana Content today • Total: 19,1 million items in Europeana • 12,7 million images: photos, paintings, drawings, postcards, posters • 6 million texts: books, newspaper articles, manuscripts, letters • 145,000 videos: movies, documentaries, TV broadcasts, public information films • 272,00 sounds: cylinders, 78rpm discs, radio, field recordings #2
Site Traffic #2
Recent portal improvements • New ordering results • Faster search • New static pages • ‘Embed’ functionality • Translation of descriptions • External services search • Rights information #2
Search API and widget http://version1.europeana.eu/web/api #2
Hackathons http://version1.europeana.eu/web/api/hackathons
Europeana Group of Projects 1st project to start June 2008
EuropeanaLocal content contribution • EuropeanaLocal project contributed 25% of the total content in Europeana today • 1st project to deliver data to Europeana Prototype (Dec ’09) • Better representation of local and region content in Europeana • Good increase in representation of tier 1 countries, that had less than 1% content
Data from… • Swedish Open Cultural Heritage • Riksarkivet • EuropeanaTravel • EuropeanaLocal Sweden: • Murberget Länsmuseet Västernorrland • Ljustorps hembygdsförening • Umeå University Library • Sundsvallsminnen • Landsarkivet i Härnösand
Some examples… • Murberget Länsmuseet Västernorrland
Some examples… • Ljustorps hembygdsförening
More impact of EuropeanaLocal on Europeana… • Strategy, Awareness, Aggregation • Documentation & Guidelines (e.g. FAQ, ESE specs) • Workflows (e.g. ingestion planning) • Tools & Support (e.g. content checker)
AGGREGATE become THE trusted source for cultural heritage Source content Expand the network Improve data quality
FACILITATE Support cultural heritage sector through knowledge transfer, innovation & advocay Share knowledge Stengthen advocacy Foster R&D
DISTRIBUTE Make heritage available wherever they are whenever they want it Develop partnerships Upgrade portal Put content in user workflow
ENGAGE cultivate new way for users to participate in their cultural heritage
Remaining major new functions/features in Europeana 1.0 • Improved virtual exhibitions • Map search and display • Hierarchical object display • Wikipedia enriched search results • Semantic enrichments of metadata records • Portal re-design • Harvest and ingestion toolset adapted to EDM
Aggregation beyond EuropeanaLocal • Local/regional content should go into aggregations that Europeana will continue to harvest – a manageable number • Continue to convince other local/regional content providers of the value of getting involved • Continue to make local content infrastructure available for harvesting and indexing • Make content available to other service providers • Need for viable aggregator business models • Action is needed at national level to aggregate local and regional content ...its metadata
Council of Content Providers and Aggregators • Sign up now! http://version1.europeana.eu/web/europeana-foundation/content-council • Working groups: • User Engagement • Financial / Sustainability • Ethical • Technical • Legal • Creation of White Papers and Task Forces through Working Groups #2