Europeana and World War One Initiatives

Europeana &

World War OneIniatives

BL Roundtable 24 January 2013

What connects a life-saving Bible…

…a crucifix in a bottle…

…and a postcard?

Europeana 1914-1918 – From concept to project

2008 - Oxford University & JISC launch the Great War Archive

2010-2011 – Europeana, DNB & Oxford University launch Erster Weltkrieg in Alltagsdokumenten

2012-2014 – Europeana launch a series of initiatives across Europe

March 2011 – January 2012Germany

March- December 2012LuxemburgUK (Preston, Banbury)Ireland (Dublin, Limerick)Slovenia (Nova Gorica,

Maribor, Celje)Denmark (Sønderborg, Aarhus,

Roskilde, Velje, Copenhagen)

- more than 5000 vistors- more than 4500 contributions- almost 50,000 digital images

16 family history roadshows in 6 European countries

201326 January – Paphos, Cyprus25 February – Ljubljana, Slovenia16 March – Trento, Italy21 March – Dublin, Ireland

2013-2014FranceAustriaPolandRomaniaSlovakiaGreece, SerbiaPortugal

Upcoming roadshows:

Great Britain, Preston

The most successful roadshow so far, more than 600 participants.

Ireland, Dublin

Press launch in Berlin

- A3 Posters- Folder- Postcard

PR-CampaignEuropeana 1914-1918 in Germany

Europeana 1914-1918 Related initiatives

Why Europeana?

• European story

• Connects people and personal history to the content we hold in the institutions and therefore Europeana

• Its inspiring!

Thank you.

Jill Cousins

Jill.Cousins@kb.nl