EUscreen is a network of 23 European audiovisual archives that provides access to television heritage collections through an online portal. Its mission is to support durable and contextualized access to Europe's television heritage through advocacy, training, and by promoting awareness of audiovisual heritage. The portal features metadata, video collections, exhibitions and contextualization tools. EUscreen also organizes conferences and workshops. It provides value as a distribution channel within Europeana, an access point for publishing data on the web, and as an expert hub for sharing best practices. The EUscreen Foundation governs the network and plans to maintain infrastructure, strengthen its expert role, promote open access, enable collaboration, and provide training.

1. EUscreen
AN INTRODUCTION
Maja Drabczyk
National Audiovisual Institute/ EUscreen Foundation
Warsaw, FIAT/IFTA Conference 2016
maria.drabczyk@nina.gov.pl @majadrabczyk

2. 1. PAST REVISITED
2. NETWORK & MISSION
3. PORTAL & CONTEXTUALISATION
4. ADVOCACY & TRAINING
5. BENEFITS & GOVERNANCE
AGENDA

3. THE PAST REVISITED [1]
Video Active – 11 countries EUscreen – 23 countries

4. 2006-2009
Video Active: Providing Access to TV heritage
2013-2016
EUscreenXL: The Pan-European Aggregator of
Audiovisual Content for Europeana
2009-2012
EUscreen: Exploring Europe's Television Heritage in
Changing Contexts
2016 – …
EUscreen: the Expert Hub for audiovisual heritage
THE PAST REVISITED [2]
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5. “EUscreen is an independent, inclusive network, supporting
durable and contextualised access to Europe’s television
heritage. We actively promote awareness of audiovisual
heritage in various domains, including education, research,
media production and towards the general public”.
MISSION STATEMENT

6. THE PORTAL

7. METADATA

8. • VIRTUAL EXHIBITIONS
• VIDEO COLLECTIONS
• VIDEO POSTERS
CONTEXTUALISATION [1]

9. CONTEXTUALISATION [2] – VIEW JOURNAL

10. CONTEXTUALISATION [3] - FREEDOM EXPRESS
BERLIN
BRUSSELS
WARSAW
VIENNA
BUDAPEST
BUCHAREST
BRATISLAVA
PRAGUE
…

11. ADVOCACY

12. CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
MYEUSCREEN
CONFERENCES:
• 30-31 Oct 2014, Rome: From Audience to User: Engaging with
Audiovisual Heritage Online
• 3-4 December 2015, Warsaw: Content in Motion: Curating Europe’s Audiovisual
Heritage
WORKSHOPS
• IPR
• Trainings for partners

14. VALUE [1]
EUscreen as an additional channel for distribution and engagement of
content:
1. International rather than national reach (new audiences, opportunity to
become involved in multinational partnerships)
2. Offer content as part of Europeana’s thematic collections
3. Scholarly publications (VIEW)
4. Raising visibility and awareness through multiple communication channels

15. VALUE [2]
EUscreen as an innovative access point to publish and curate data
on the web:
1. Providing high-quality standardised and multilingual access
2. Harvestable by Europeana and others (Linked Open Data)

16. VALUE [3]
EUscreen as expert hub:
1. Sharing knowledge on best practices and standards in the sector,
influence pan-European policy making, i.e. on copyright
2. Develop funded projects involving members' collections
3. Benefit directly from revenue generated through external project
funding (e.g. Europeana DSI)

17. EUSCREEN FOUNDATION
FOUNDATION
MEMBERS
PARTICIPANTS
PARTICIPANTS’
COUNCIL
CHAIR
SUPPORTING
PARTICIPANTS
BOARD

18. PLAN
1. Maintain the effective operation of our service infrastructure (including the secure
hosting of content and aggregation of content to Europeana) and also
2. strive to keep it up-to-date by performing continuous editorial work, content
selection, developing innovative technological solutions, etc.
3. Strengthen the role as expert forum for the exchange of knowledge on innovative
developments in the audiovisual domain and the future of online AV archives;
4. Continue to be actively involved in the international debate on copyright and
open access to digital heritage;
5. Create opportunities for collaboration between academics, archivists and
technology providers within the creative industry, education and research sectors;
6. Organise training for partners – helping them develop new professional skills.

19. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION!
QUESTIONS?