Europeana
Europeana (formerly the European Digital Library) is a project to bring together digital cultural content from all over Europe, and make it easily accessible for users via the Internet.
The Collections Trust is responsible for coordinating the UK's contribution to Europeana, and is leading a series of work packages which will enable libraries, archives and museums in the UK to participate.
One of the ways we will be contributing to Europeana will be through the Peoples Network Discover service. At the moment this contains records from:
Beamish Treasures; Bede's World; Collect Britain; Commanet; Devon Etched; Dorset Coast Digital Archive; Durham County Council; English Heritage Viewfinder; Exploring 20th Century London (Bishopsgate); Exploring 20th Century London (Croydon Museum and Heritage Service); Exploring 20th Century London (Hampstead); Exploring 20th Century London (Jewish Museum); Exploring 20th Century London (London Transport Museum); Exploring 20th Century London (Museum of Domestic Architecture); Exploring 20th Century London (Museum of London); Farne; Fitzwilliam Museum; Kirklees Image Archive; Lambeth Landmark; Leodis; Manchester City Galleries; Picture the Past; Sense of Place South East; Seven Stories, The Centre for Children's Books; Tyne and Wear Museums, Imagine; iSee Gateshead; Cornucopia; Michael
EDLNet
The Collections Trust is collaborating with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) on the coordination of two work packages under EDLNet:
- Work Package 1: Human and political interoperability
- Work Package 2: Rights and Licensing
EuropeanaLocal
EuropeanaLocal is a project which will enable smaller and local organisations to put their content online and share it with Europeana. The Collections Trust is one of the lead partners in the project, and will be responsible for:
- Work Package 2: A survey of standards and metadata in use throughout Europe
- Work Package 3: Aggregation of content
ATHENA
ATHENA is a project to develop a common framework of standards and policies for the creation, delivery, preservation and sharing of digital content. The Collections Trust is one of the lead partners in the project.
Further information
The Collections Trust has a blog at http://www.international.collectionstrustblogs.org.uk containing the latest news and information about the development of Europeana and related projects in the UK.
