For users:
Europeana is a single access point to millions of books, paintings, films, museum objects and archival records that have been digitised throughout Europe. It is an authoritative source of information coming from European cultural and scientific institutions.
For heritage institutions:
Europeana is an opportunity to reach out to more users, increase their web traffic, enhance their users' experience and build new partnerships.
For professionals in the heritage sector:
Europeana is a platform for knowledge exchange between librarians, curators, archivists and the creative industries.
For policy-makers and funders:
Europeana is a prestigious initiative endorsed by the European Commission, and is a means to stimulate creative economy and promote cultural tourism.
An annual conference exploring the social, cultural, design, technological, economic, and organizational issues of culture, science and heritage on-line.
At the Venice Biennale, the mæve installation connects the entries of the EveryVille student competition and puts them into the larger context of MACE content and metadata. By placing physical project cards on an interactive surface, the visitors can explore an organic network of projects, people and media. mæve is designed and developed by the Interface Design team of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
“re:publica - Leben im Netz” greift als Konferenz das auf, was einige unter “Web 2.0″, andere unter “Open Source” oder “Social Media” verstehen:
Soziale Netzwerke, Blogs, Podcasts, Videocasts, Online- und Offline-Communities und -Services - all diese Aspekte werden bei der re:publica ebenso umfassend zur Sprache kommen wie Hintergründe, die Philosophie, die Prinzipien, die rechtlichen Grundlagen der sozialen (R)evolution im Netz.
Kurzum: Es geht um Kultur.
Neben den Diskussionen und Vorträgen wird es Workshops geben und auch kommerzielle Aspekte kommen zur Sprache: re:publica wird diskutieren, ob und wie man als Blogger oder Podcaster seinen Lebensunterhalt verdienen kann und auf bisherige Erfahrungen zurückblicken.