Breandan creative industries

What’s the Plan?

Breandán Knowlton, EuropeanaProjects Group, 25 Sep 2013

+ Creative Industries

When it comes to creative industries, Europeana has one goal:

Increase the re-use of cultural heritage resources

by theCreative Industries*

* Who?

* AdvertisingArchitecture

ArtsCraftsDesignFashion

Film/Video/PhotographySoftware/Computer Games/ePublishing

Music/Performing ArtsPublishingTelevision

Radio

Problem 1:Access to knowledge and

platforms is scattered

Answer:The Europeana Open Laboratory Network

A sustainable environment for experimentation

and …Europeana

Labs

A website to support those with the interest and ability to reuse

data, content or code.

Problem 2:It’s hard to find content

licensed for re-use

Answer:Extend the Europeana Licensing Framework

Cover content and re-use

Problem 3:The Europeana API

doesn't retrieve content

Answer:Extend the API

Cover content and licensing, and new kinds of search

Problem 4:There are no

real-world case studies

Answer:Build five pilots

Show the value, show the use, show that nobody dies

Problem 5:There's no way for creative

industry to engage directly

Answer:Run open challenges

Select the best ideas and incubate them

Problem 6:There are no clear business models

Answer:Find business models

for all stakeholders

Support new applications and services for re-use

Problem 7:People don't hear about

what we do

Answer:Talk to networks of

networks (of networks)

Build bridges to the creative industries and business networks around Europe

Result

Thank you for listening!

Breandán Knowltonb@breandan.org