Europeana: Europe's Digital Library, Museum and Archive Ashley Carter and Dana Sagona

Background & Purpose Launched in 2008 Primary focus: cultural heritage from European Institutions Goal: "making Europe's cultural and scientific heritage accessible to the public” A "cultural project" not a "commercial undertaking”

Who owns, manages, and funds Europeana? Owned by the Europeana Foundation Separate institutions decide on what materials they wish to contribute. Around 1500 institutions have contributed to Europeana ▫additional support (IT issues, etc.) from 180 heritage and knowledge organizations and IT experts across Europe The project is funded by the European Union/European Commission ▫based in the National Library of the Netherlands Funding programs normally only cover % of the total costs and do not include overhead. ▫Many European countries contribute to these costs. ▫Other funds must be raised

Resources Over 15 million digital resources from Europe's museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual collections (and plans to reach 30 million resources by 2015): ▫Images - paintings, drawings, maps, photos and pictures of museum objects ▫Texts - books, newspapers, letters, diaries and archival papers ▫Sounds - music and spoken word from cylinders, tapes, discs and radio broadcasts ▫Videos - films, newsreels and TV broadcasts Examples: the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and objects about the Berlin Wall. Are resources downloadable? ▫Not directly from Europeana ▫Europeana consists of contributed materials from many institutions, and thus access to downloading or using content is always dependent upon the guidelines of the institution which contributed the object.

Browsing Features Basic and advanced search on homepage Browsing option on bottom to search what others are currently searching

Advanced Search

Search Results Narrow results by: ▫Provider (institution) ▫Language ▫Country ▫Date ▫Rights (free/paid access) ▫Type (media)

Search Results "Browse through Time" retrieves your search results and returns them in the form of a timeline. - Berlin WallBerlin Wall Registered users can: ▫Save items and searches ▫Tag items to organize in your "My Europeana" interface

Metadata Standard Dublin Core elements plus several additional DC elements 12 additional elements created by Europeana

Metadata Image/Video/Sound ▫Title, Date, Creator, Description, Language, Format, Source, Rights, Provider, Identifier (hosting URL), Subject, Type, Relation Text ▫Title, Date, Creator, Description, Language, Format, Source, Europeana rights, Rights, Data Provider, Provider, Identifier, Publisher, Subject, Type, Relation

Image Metadata

Video Metadata

Text Metadata

Europeana Rights “This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This item is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by the organization giving access to it.” “Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to make any of the acts permitted by your national copyright and related rights act, including browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes.”

Access Who?How? General public ▫primarily in Europe (though there is international appeal) Students Historians Researchers First returned item for searches on "Europe + digital library" Find Europeana on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn (if you are a "cultural heritage professional")

Access Pros: ▫Simple, user-friendly basic search box ▫Simple advanced search ▫Easy to browse search results ▫Direct connection to hosting site

Access Issues Searches only look at the languages in which the objects are stored ▫For example, searching 'treaty' will only yield English material Language abbreviations not explained ▫Mul? (multi-lingual) Being redirected to the hosting Web site may be confusing Refine search bar – confusing collapsible menu Timeline search view has issues

Potential Issues Hosting site may no longer host the file Hosting site may not allow users from certain countries

Europeana and Our Class Think about Spanish speakers in Austin using our field guide (translating search results) Many institutions contributing to our site ▫Need to provide accurate metadata ▫Ensure rights are specified