From the war
to the web
-
The Europeana
1914-1918 project
Ad Pollé
Future Library 2013 Unconference
Session 5
Memory
Athens, 10 December 2013
Strategic Plan 2011-2015
Aggregate Build
the trusted source
for cultural heritage
Distribute Make heritage available
wherever users are &
whenever they want it
Facilitate Support
the cultural heritage sector
through knowledge transfer,
innovation
& advocacy
Engage users
in new ways
with content and
curators
What connects a life-saving Bible…
…a crucifix in a bottle…
…and a postcard?
Europeana 1914-1918 is
a pan European engagement
project
concerning
The First World War
focusing on
the human rather than the
military aspects of the time
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
January 2012 – November 2013:
37 road shows in 10 countries
• Romania (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca)
• Italy (Trento, Rome, Vicenza, Pordenone)
• Belgium (Ypres, Antwerp, Louvain, Hasselt, Dendermonde, etc.)
• Cyprus (Nicosia)
• Denmark (Sonderborg, Gentofte, Aarhus, Vejle, Copenhagen, etc.)
• Ireland (Dublin, Limerick)
• UK (Preston, Banbury)
• Slovenia (Celje, Maribor, Nova Gorica, Ljubljana)
• Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
• Germany (Amberg, Bonn, Aachen, Bocum, Bremen)
http://centenaire.org/fr/la-grande-collecte
January 2012 – November 2013:
145 road shows in 12 countries
• France (100+ events nation wide)
• Slovakia (Bratislava, Kosice, Martin)
• Romania (Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca)
• Italy (Trento, Rome, Vicenza, Pordenone)
• Belgium (Ypres, Antwerp, Louvain, Hasselt, Dendermonde, etc.)
• Cyprus (Nicosia)
• Denmark (Sonderborg, Gentofte, Aarhus, Vejle, Copenhagen, etc.)
• Ireland (Dublin, Limerick)
• UK (Preston, Banbury)
• Slovenia (Celje, Maribor, Nova Gorica, Ljubljana)
• Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
• Germany (2012: Amberg; 2013: Bonn, Aachen, Bocum, Bremen)
Europeana 1914-1918
• 5000+ visitors
• 3500+ contributors
• 5000+ stories
• 60.000+ files (of which 3500+ as online
submissions)
2014
• Germany (3rd series; Berlin (30-31 January)
• Netherlands
• Greece
• Austria
• Poland
• Portugal
• Hungary
• Serbia?
• Bosnia?
Upcoming road shows
- posters
- flyers
- postcards
- banners
Munich and Stuttgart
Great Britain, Preston
One of the most
successful road
shows so far,
more than 600
participants.
Ireland, Dublin
Slovenia, Nova Gorica
Romania
Press launch in
Berlin
- A3 Posters
- Folder
- Postcard
PR-Campaign
Europeana 1914-1918 in Germany
Europeana 1914-1918 virtual exhibition:
Untold stories
www.exhibitions.europeana.eu
www.europeana1914-1918.eu
Online
Cataloguing
Form
Europeana 1914-1918
Related initiatives
Europeana Collections 1914-1918:
Remembering World War 1
• a substantial collection of digitised masterpieces from
the period
• 10 national and state libraries in 8 countries that found
themselves on different sides of the conflict
More information on the project website:
www.europeana-collections-1914-1918.eu
EFG1914: Digitising films on World War 1
• around 650 hours of films and related material on the
First World War
• covering newsreels, documentaries, fiction films,
propaganda and anti-war films
• from early 2013 on, the first films will be accessible
through: www.europeanfilmgateway.eu and
www.europeana.eu
• special highlights will be presented in a virtual
exhibition
• 25 partners, including 20 film archives
More information: www.project.efg1914.eu/
WW1 Thematic environment
• Off line contributions (collection days)
• Online contributions
• Channels
• Social media
• Other
The Europeana 1914-1918
thematic environment
• Search across project’s content
• Browse and connect content (UGC + institutional
content
• Generate galleries
• Engage in tagging opportunities
• Get information: find out about events, other
initiatives, virtual exhibitions
• Contribute content
• Help enrich metadata
Value of the collection
• Preservation
• Research potential
• Education
• A friendly face and a new audience for
many institutions
• Europe, European, Europeana
Issues, experiences
• Monitoring
• Moderation
• Archiving
• Marketing
• Imitation
Organising a
Europeana 1914 – 1918 community
collection day
Standard set up
Day 1 – Preparation / rehearsal
Day 2 – Public day #1 (press)
Day 3 – Public day #2
Day 4 – Wrap up & post production
Day 1
(preparation &
rehearsal)
Check-in or welcome desk
Sufficient & clear signs
Digitisation room(s)
Flat bed scanners
Photo-desk
Professional photo set
Interview desks
Set up for interview on paper
Expert desk
Returns Desk
Waiting area + events
Days 2 and 3
(public days)
Briefing interviewers
Set up thematic info stands
Check-in & registration
Sign agreement
Waiting for the call for the interview
Interviews
Numbering and listing of objects
Recording of a story (global or per object), maybe
even directly via a voice recorder
Objects, forms + list of objects to digitidation (who
does what)
Scanning (takes time!)
Taking of pictures (much quicker)
1 photo with object number, rest without
After digitisation back in box with forms
Keeping tracks of things
Check-out
To returns desk
- Board and/or sms
- Sign for return + proof
- Postcard
In the mean time…
Identification of staff
members
Staff • floor manager
• press
• check-in desk
• door man
• interviewers
• experts
• in & out desk digitisation
• digitisation
• scanning
• photography
• check-out desk
• technical support
• catering
Equipment / facilities
• venue
• furniture
• pc’s / laptops
• scanners
• photography equipment
• hard drives
• office stuff
• food & drink
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