2017 marked the centennial for Denmark’s sale of the former colonial territories “The Danish West Indies” to The United States, today the US Virgin Islands. On this occasion, the Danish National Archive, the Royal Danish Library’s Photo and Map Collection, as well as other archives and collections in Denmark, undertook a mass-digitisation of their archivalRead more

Making Cultural Heritage Data Accessible and Reusable: Finding Best Practices was a conference organised by the Polish and German chapters of DARIAH (DARIAH-PL, DARIAH-DE) in collaboration with the Polish History Museum. The event took place on April 19-20 2018 at the University of Warsaw and was funded by the DARIAH Theme 2017 call on CulturalRead more

Objectives, Challenges and Funding Persée organized its first hackathon on June 1-3, 2018 entitled “Perseus Up!” at the Tour du Web in Lyon with the objective of devising innovative solutions in terms of visualization interfaces and exploration of its digital collections. This event received financial support from DARIAH-EU within the framework of the DARIAH ThemeRead more

The project Cooperation Framework of Digital Infrastructure in the Region (CFDI) – Opportunities and Needs in Case of Material Concerning Famous People in Science and Culture was one of the projects funded by the DARIAH Theme 2017 funding call on Cultural Heritage and Humanities Research. CFDI aimed in initiating cooperation among GLAM institutions in theseRead more

DARIAH Connectivity day at Re:Trace Conference for the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology The 7th International Conference Re:Trace for the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology featured a DARIAH Connectivity Day on November 25, 2017 at the Academy of Sciences in Vienna. This event, which was funded by the DARIAH Theme 2017Read more

Natalie Harrower (Digital Repository of Ireland), Mark Sweetnam (Trinity College Dublin), David Brown (Trinity College Dublin) and Marcin Werla (Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center) are few of the authors of the newly published How to Facilitate Cooperation between Humanities Researchers and Cultural Heritage Institutions. Guidelines. This report, edited by Maciej Maryl and Klaudia Grabowska (DigitalRead more