This document summarizes the work of the Europeana DM2E project from January to June 2014. It outlines the objectives of strengthening networks around open cultural data, supporting OpenGLAM evangelists, and enabling content contribution to Europeana. Key activities included documentation, workshops, community engagement events, and an open contest. Metrics showed growth in online followers, visitors, and engagement. Next steps focus on raising awareness of DM2E tools and outcomes among researchers and professionals.

1. co-funded by the European Union
Work Package 4
Results of January – June 2014
12 June 2014
Lieke Ploeger, Open Knowledge

2. Objectives
• Catalyze active community around Europeana: strengthen
existing networks and engaging new stakeholders
• Support a network of open metadata evangelists
(OpenGLAM) for raising awareness of legal and technical best
practises around open cultural data
• Enable content holders to contribute new material to
Europeana (workshops, documentation)
• Facilitate collaboration between technologists in the
Europeana community and end users
(events, online activities, contest)
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3. Tasks & deliverables
3
Deliverable Delivered
D4.3 Documentation Package
D4.4 Update of Dissemination & Engagement Plan
M24
M26
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4. Workshop programme
4
2 April 2014, Pundit UI/UX meeting, Berlin
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→ Planning for final 6 events in 2014

5. • DM2E Wiki
– Pundit Learning Environment
– Content provider mappings
– OmNom technical and user documentation
– Introduction to Open Cultural Data
– Full set of documentation on the DM2E model
– Screencasts and video tutorials on DM2E tools
– Multi-lingual, editable and annotatable
Community documentation
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6. Community documentation
612/6/2014
• New compelling front page
• New navigation system
• Content rich
• Clear routes for access for
information discovery
• Dedicated work package pages
supplying context and access to
tools and documentation
• Get involved and associate
partnership “asks”
• Active blog
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7. Promotes and furthers free and open access to digital cultural
heritage, by:
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Actively maintaining an overview of Open Collections
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Providing documentation on the process and benefits of
opening up cultural data
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Publishing regular news and blog items
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Facilitating the OpenGLAM Working Group and Advisory
Board
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Organising events
Network of open metadata evangelists
(OpenGLAM)
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8. • Working Group going global: now 16 members, including New Zealand,
India and Brazil
• OpenGLAM local page added
• Local group for Germany about to start (OKFest)
• Minor website restyle (blog view, menu)
• OpenGLAM benchmark survey
• Advisory Board consultation on public domain licensing
• Events:
– Talk on OpenGLAM & DM2E at EOD conference
– Workshop on licensing (with Creative Commons) at ELAG2014
– Sessions at OKFest around licensing of Public Domain material,
OpenGLAM benchmark survey
Main updates
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10. Curator's Choice
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11. Continued growth
Metric 1st
Feb 2013 1st
Feb 2014 1st
June 2014
Twitter handle 906 2,106 2,680
Public mailing list 250 604 670
Unique visitors to
site
19,101 60,408 77,216
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12. Contest Awards
Results of first round published
– Final blog posts
– Final reports
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13. Contest Awards – round 1
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Winner 1: Bernhard Haslhofer of
the University of Vienna for
Maphub
Winner 2: Robyn Adams for
Joined Up Early Modern
Diplomacy
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14. Contest Awards – round 2
Second round open 30 April – 6 June
– DM2E track
– Open track
Currently being reviewed – work to start 1 July
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15. • In contact with Digital Humanities departments e.g. Kings College
London, UCL Centre for Editing Lives and Letters
– Jointly organising Humanities Hack 2014
• Active involvement in leading Digital Humanities networks and
projects e.g. DARIAH, LODLAM, Europeana Tech, MarineLives,
CENDARI
– DM2E Event planned at DARIAH meeting 2014
• Regular online contact with key Digital Humanities websites and
mailing lists e.g. Digital Humlab
– Promotion of Open Humanities Awards
– Possible publication of round 1 results in DHQ
Engagement with researchers
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16. Strengthening community around Europeana
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17. DM2E dissemination stats
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Number of presentations given:
- in Year 2
- Year 3 – first half
19
8
Number of Slideshare presentations uploaded:
- in Year 2
- Year 3 – first half
20
7
Number of blogs posts (across whole web platform):
- in Year 2
- Year 3 – first half
95
38
Number of academic papers published:
- in Year 2
- Year 3 – first half
8
3
DM2E Twitter followers
- end of Year 2
- Year 3 – first half
400
507
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18. Presentations / publications
18

19. Newsletters
Winter 2013/2014, May 2014
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20. Next steps
• Continue to build awareness of DM2E tools amongst Digital
Humanists and cultural heritage professionals;
• Winners of Contest Award round 2 start their work;
• Continue to enrich and build on community documentation
(wiki) as functionality develops and associate partners produce
mappings;
• Increased activity on DM2E blog
• Delivery of remaining 6 events, showcasing DM2E final results
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