DC-NET – Digital Cultural Heritage NETwork is an ERA-NET (European Research Area Network) project, financed by the European Commission under FP7’s Capacities Programme Research Infrastructures. (daugiau…)
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Workshop for Lithuanian museums involved in EuropeanaPhotography project
The workshop on scanning old photographs was organized by the Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitization and LIMIS and took place at its mother institution, the Lithuanian Art Museum, on the 14th March 2012. The head of the centre Danutė Mukienė and the coordinator of EuropeanaPhotography in Lithuania Giedrė Asin Marco presented the main goals and objectives of the project, its administrative and financial issues. Among other issues discussed during the meeting were museums’ participation in the project and certain preparatory tasks concerned with the selection of the old photographs as objects for digitization as well as the actual process of digitizing them. The second part of the workshop was dedicated to the practical training on scanning photographic images, positives and negatives. Specialists from 16 museums have learnt to scan objects and edit digital images. (daugiau…)
Uncommon Culture – International Athena journal Vol 2, no. 1(3) (2011): From Closed Doors to Open Gates is available on-line
Uncommon Culture provides unique perspectives on a rich variety of cultural activities in Europe. Examining cultural institutions and their collections, this magazine gives new insight into diverse cultural activities.
Read Article and Conference report from Lithuania:
D. Mukienė: The Development of Digital Publications in Lithuanian Museums in 1995–2010. Read >
D. Sirgedaitė: The Cooperation between State and Business Agencies in Pursuing Cultural Heritage Digitisation Projects in Science and Memory Institutions. Lithuanian Art Museum, Vilnius (Lithuania), November 10, 2010. Read >
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Linked Heritage Second Plenary Meeting and WP Technical meetings
23-24 November, 2011 Linked Heritage Second Plenary Meeting and WP Technical meetings took place in Barselona (Spain). Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitisation and LIMIS was represented by system engineer Ernestas Adomaitis More www.linkedheritage.org >
Commission’s Recommendation on Digitisation and Digital Preservation
The European Commission on 28th October 2011 has adopted a Recommendation on Digitisation and Digital Preservation, asking Member States to step up their efforts, pool their resources and involve private actors in digitising cultural material and making it available through Europeana. The Recommendation invites Member States to make available through Europeana 30 million objects by 2015, including all Europe’s masterpieces which are no longer protected by copyright, and all material digitised with public funding.
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12 October 2011 – Europeana makeover
Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, today launches a redesign with new functionality. The new interface has more visual appeal and has been adapted for iPads and Android touchscreens, bringing all the benefits of touch to Europe’s online treasury. More>
Linked Heritage Training Workshop
26-27 September, 2011 Linked Heritage Training Workshop took place in Roma (Italy), where Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitisation and LIMIS was represented by administrator, responsible for International Relations Viktorija Jonkutė and system engineer Ernestas Adomaitis. More www.linkedheritage.org >
Linked Heritage Kick-off
29 April, 2011 The Linked Heritage kick-off took place in Rome (Italy) at Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche Italiane. Lithuanian Museums’ Centre for Information, Digitisation and LIMIS was represented by Dr. Donatas Saulevičius.