Participating are the news agencies ANSA from Italy, belga from Belgium, dpa from Germany, EFE from Spain, Lusa from Portugal, MTI from Hungary, PAP from Poland, Scanpix from Denmark, and Epa Worldwide. Â The Euro-Photo project aims at digitizing historical pictures from the archives of 10 leading European news agencies. The pictures are free of charge for educational and … [Read more...] about Over 1 Million Historical News Agency Photos Digitized and Added to Europeana
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DPLA and Europeana Launch Joint Virtual Exhibition on Immigration
The Digital Public Library of America and Europeana are launching Leaving Europe: A New Life in America, which is a jointly curated virtual exhibition telling the story of European emigration to the US during the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition included digitized photographs, manuscripts, broadsheets, paintings, letters, audio, and government documents from US and … [Read more...] about DPLA and Europeana Launch Joint Virtual Exhibition on Immigration
First Public Beta Version of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Is Launched
Along with the rise of ebooks, we have been seeing a huge increase in the digitization of archives, libraries, and museums.  The leaders in this field are in Europe with the fantastic Europeana project—a European digital library. Now comes Germany and it is adding its own contribution to the field of public digital archives. From the press release: The Deutsche Digitale … [Read more...] about First Public Beta Version of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek Is Launched