The objective of the consultation is to help prepare a new EU strategy for the information society, as the current i2010 strategy is coming to a close this year. All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation. Closing date of the consultation is 9 October 2009. Please note that you are not obliged to answer all questions; you may focus on the areas of interest to you. You can write your replies in any of the official EU languages.

Speech by Viviane Reding, EU Commissioner for Telecoms and Media. The Ludwig Erhard Lecture 2009. Lisbon Council, Brussels, 9 July 2009

Fleur updates you about two EU projects and mentions where you can find more information: 1. APENET APENET will provide a common gateway to Europe’s archives and will inform visitors about archival material from across Europe. Twelve European National Archives are involved in the project, and – as you may have expected - there is [...]

[Press Release] February 17th 2009, The Hague (The Netherlands) – The European Library today announced a new site release of www.TheEuropeanLibrary.org, a free resource to discover the extensive learning and research materials, covering all subjects, from 38 national libraries across Europe.  Originally developed as a central point of access to Europe’s library material, the website [...]

“The Video Tutorial is designed to help new visitors discover all search possibilities offered by The European Library portal.” You have to search a bit, but you can find this nice and helpful video on the portal. Here it is:Posted in video   Tagged: tutorial, video   

Fleur writes: A small warning….This is a long post about (open source) e-Infrastructure and (Open Access) digital repositories. It has a somewhat techie feel to it and infrastructure is not one of my favorite topics, but when one goes a bit below the surface, some interesting developments pop up. Having established the necessary network of [...]

Yes, another project! This time around I would like to draw your attention to a project entitled Accessible Registries of Rights Information and Orphan Works, in short ARROW. “The aim of the ARROW project is to help identify copyright holders of out-of-print works, to create European registers of orphan works and also [...]

A range of projects in the different cultural heritage domains are bringing content into Europeana. One of those projects is entitled “ATHENA”, co-funded by the Community programme eContentplus. As one can read on the associated - and very recently released - project website, ATHENA specifically “tackles the gap in existing content provision to Europeana”. One [...]

After the introduction of Flock and the likes, Cooliris came to life. It took me a while to really get it, and figure out what to do but now I really like it. Cooliris is fascinating because it shows an entirely new way of presenting search results - a way that connects with the rise of rich-media, and in short; it shows visuals, not [...]

Following the launch of Europeana, many are finding their way to the office in The Hague and ask us all kinds of questions. Maybe this post helps a bit in finding the answers….But before I do, may I please remind you that Europeana and The European Library are two different services…? (please note “view of [...]