… in a nutshell

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Which documents?

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Sounds, images, photographs, sheet music, etc.

Making more audio content available

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2014

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Improving the access and user experience

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How?

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Promoting the creative reuse of recordings

Credit: "Revolver," 2009, by Paul Villinski

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Building a network of stakeholders

Credit: jalroagua, flickr.com/photos/31065898@N08/8220970905/

Before: 2014

database

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After: 2016-17

channels

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● Context and overview● Search w. autosuggest● Browse entry points● Exhibitions entry points● Partner attribution/

branding● Other channels/ sites/

apps

Channel landing page

● List view available (default)● Channels as facets● Channel specific facets● Content facets● Resource type facet

desired

Search result - grid view

● Direct link assumed● Download main call to

action● Enlarge/zoom/paginate● Wikipedia sourced

descriptions● Channel suggestion

Item page - multi-page

doc

● Embeds from SoundCloud, AudioBoo, Vimeo, YouTube

Item page - embedded

player

Creator page● Description● Biographical data● Items by/about● Links to other authorities● Channels suggestion● Exhibitions suggestion● Dbpedia/Wikidata sourced

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The project

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• Three-year EC funded project

February 2014 to January 2017

• Budget: 6,14 million €

80% from the European Commission

• Europeana’s fifth aggregation domain

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24 organisations from 12 countries

7 National Libraries

5 Archive & Research Centres

2 other Public Bodies

4 Non-profit Organisations

3 Universities

3 Companies

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Management Structure

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Workplan architecture

Publishers and © owners

Europeana Sounds channel

Europeana audiences

Licensing policy

Content providers Marketing

Europeana portal

Existing audio

metadata

Enrichment processes

Aggregation system

Technical infrastructure

Best Practice Network

New metadata

3rd partiesEuropeana

API

27Credit: David Paul Carr/BnF

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Join us on a journey to make sound collections available for everyone!

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31Twitter.com/eu_sounds

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33Facebook.com/soundseuropeana

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Follow us…

europeanasounds.eu

@EU_Sounds

/SoundsEuropeana

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