EuropeanaTech is a community of experts, developers, and researchers within the Europeana network focused on research and development. It has over 460 mailing list subscribers and 2,144 Twitter followers. To join, one must join the Europeana Network Association which provides access to mailing lists and task forces. Members can learn about EuropeanaTech through publications, blogs, events and social media. They are encouraged to participate by writing for publications, spotlighting tools and projects, and joining task forces. The most recent task force focused on metadata enrichment and published reports evaluating various tools.

1. EuropeanaTech
Antoine Isaac, Gregory Markus | Europeana AGM
2015

2. EuropeanaTech,
an introduction
France, Public Domain
1921, National Library of France
Agence de presse
Meurisse
Colombes : championnats de France d’Athlétisme
:
rivière, le speaker

3. “EuropeanaTech is the community of
experts, developers, and researchers from
the R&D sector within the greater
Europeana Network.”
United Kingdom, CC BY
The Wellcome Library
Luigi
Garzi
The birth of Adonis and
the transformation of
Myrrha

4. By the numbers
• 460 Mailing list registrants
• 2,144 Twitter followers
• 5 Years of EDM
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5. EuropeanaTech in 3
Easy Steps
Join the community
Learn about EuropeanaTech
Participate in EuropeanaTech
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6. Step 1
To join EuropeanaTech you have to first join the Europeana
Network Association.
Signs you up for our mailing list. The mailing list is great. But
can be greater (more on that later)
Allows you to participate in our Task Forces (also tbc…)
Join the community
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7. Step 2
Learn about the EuropeanaTech community
Netherlands, Public Domain
1660 - 1625, Rijksmuseum
Anonymous
Arrival of a Portuguese ship

8. Step 2
• We don’t always publish but when we do we make it count.
• @EuropeanaTech
• Europeana pro (pro.europeana.eu/europeana-tech)
• EuropeanaTech Insight
Learn about the EuropeanaTech community
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9. EuropeanaTech Insight
Our very own publication
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10. Step 2
• We don’t always publish but when we do we make it count.
• @EuropeanaTech
• EuropeanaTech Insight
• Who’s Using What
• Reports and White Papers
• Blogs
• Events!
Learn about the EuropeanaTech community
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11. EuropeanaTech 2015 CC BY-SA 2.0
Europeana
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12. EuropeanaTech 2015
• BnF, February 12-13, 2015
• 250 participants
• Presentations, videos and blogs at
http://pro.europeana.eu/event/europeanatech-2015
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13. EDM turns 5 workshop Netherlands, Public Domain
1615, Rijksmuseum
Anonymous
Elegant Party on a Terrace of a
Venetian-
inspired Setting

14. Europeana Data Model Workshop:
EDM turns five, so now what?
28 experts gathered yesterday at Rijksmuseum
"EDM/Kafka" "EDM = cool"
• 5 years after, motivation is still high: "use our brains more!"
• Much discussion on sustainability and governance
• more transparency on what Europeana does or does not
• end goal of EDM; EDM extensions vs. EDM core vs. local uses of EDM
"Drop 'Europeana' in EDM!" or keep it?
• take a higher view on problems, with general reviews
• Specific development suggestions
• EDM as a means for better data quality in Europeana
• Add events and roles in EDM!
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15. Step 3
Moving right along...
France, Public Domain
1914, National Library of France
Agence de presse Meurisse
Concours de cycles nautiques sur le lac
d’Enghien : Berregent piloté par Austerling

16. Step 3
• We want to write about you! Yes, you!
• EuropeanaTech Insight calls
• OS tools? FLOSS (but only if well
documented)
• Who’s Using What for developers
Participate in EuropeanaTech
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17. Who’s Using What?
Developer spotlight
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18. Step 3
• Project outcomes? let’s write a blog!
• Project reports? we’ll break ‘em down and
write a blog!
• Think something needs more attention?
Task force!
Participate in EuropeanaTech
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19. Task Force news
Evaluation and Enrichment
• 23 members
• Part of efforts to improve data quality
• Inventory of metadata enrichment
tools
• Comparative evaluation
• Important methodological findings for
selecting enrichment datasets and
performing evaluation
Reports published last Friday!
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http://pro.europeana.eu/taskforce/evaluation-and-enrichments

20. 4 November 2015