From Family Memories to Digital Archives – Europeana and the Educational Value of its Digital Collections
From Family Memories to Digital Archives – Europeana and the Educational Value of its Digital Collections
Author(s): Cristina Ioana RoiuSubject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Universitatea din Bucuresti, Colectivul de Stiinte ale Informarii si Documentarii
Keywords: educational values of the digital archives; crowdsourcing projects; students engagement; digital informational resources
Summary/Abstract: Mass digitisation of the collections held by GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums ) provide the users with huge historical, cultural, linguistical informational resources in digital format, which are more and more used in educational activities all over the world. The paper describes the experience and the outcomes of some non formal educational projects and activities associated with the creation and re-use of the digital archives Europeana 1914-1918 and Europeana 1989.
Journal: Studii de Biblioteconomie şi Ştiinţa Informării
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 19
- Page Range: 137-143
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English