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Stay up to speed with the latest in research and development at Sound & Vision. Learn about projects, trends, best practices, and relevant events in the heritage field, directly from our experts.
EUscreen, powered by the Europeana ecosystem
Europeana has become the unifying entity that brings together collections from all domains: libraries, archives, audiovisual collections (both television and film) and museums. Alarmingly, Europeana’s future is under threat.
EUscreen, powered by the Europeana ecosystem
Europeana has become the unifying entity that brings together collections from all domains: libraries, archives, audiovisual collections (both television and film) and museums. Alarmingly, Europeana’s future is under threat.
Open Data on the Web: finding solid ground and the business of open (culture) data
The Dutch Open Culture Data network recently gave a presentation at the Open Data on the Web (ODW) in London. The event was organised by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Kno...
Open Data on the Web: finding solid ground and the business of open (culture) data
The Dutch Open Culture Data network recently gave a presentation at the Open Data on the Web (ODW) in London. The event was organised by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Kno...
Private images and moving memories
Valentine Kuypers reports on the recent two-day Bonn workshop on home movies and video, titled: How to keep memories safe?
Private images and moving memories
Valentine Kuypers reports on the recent two-day Bonn workshop on home movies and video, titled: How to keep memories safe?
R&D presents at FIAT/IFTA
Last week, Sound & Vision hosted the FIAT/IFTA media management seminar. 170 delegates from all over the world flew in to learn about how metadata can be the cornerstone of digital archiving.
R&D presents at FIAT/IFTA
Last week, Sound & Vision hosted the FIAT/IFTA media management seminar. 170 delegates from all over the world flew in to learn about how metadata can be the cornerstone of digital archiving.
Fashion Community Unites at the Utrecht Edit-a-Thon
Forty fashion enthusiasts gathered last Monday at Centraal Museum for our second fashion edit-a-thon. Sarah Knuvelder, who works at Sound and vision's education department, and Gabriëlle de Pooter from the Antwerp-based ModeMuseum report.
Fashion Community Unites at the Utrecht Edit-a-Thon
Forty fashion enthusiasts gathered last Monday at Centraal Museum for our second fashion edit-a-thon. Sarah Knuvelder, who works at Sound and vision's education department, and Gabriëlle de Pooter from the Antwerp-based ModeMuseum report.
Opening up Museums and the Web
Our paper on Open Culture Data has been selected for the prestigious Museums and the Web conference proceedings. The article details how the initiative came into being and explores what its impact could be for the world of galleries, librar...
Opening up Museums and the Web
Our paper on Open Culture Data has been selected for the prestigious Museums and the Web conference proceedings. The article details how the initiative came into being and explores what its impact could be for the world of galleries, librar...
Rosettes for Open Culture
15 Dutch artists, cultural organisations and companies receive a Best Practice rosette today for their outstanding digital art or culture projects. Two of these rosettes were awarded to participants in the Open Cultuur Data network: a data...
Rosettes for Open Culture
15 Dutch artists, cultural organisations and companies receive a Best Practice rosette today for their outstanding digital art or culture projects. Two of these rosettes were awarded to participants in the Open Cultuur Data network: a data...
Fishing for Hooks
What makes music ‘catchy’? Most of us feel that we know the ‘hook’ in a piece of music when we hear it – but most of us are equally at loss to explain exactly why. A talk by John Ashley Burgoyne on Thursday 25April will introduce an ongoing...
Fishing for Hooks
What makes music ‘catchy’? Most of us feel that we know the ‘hook’ in a piece of music when we hear it – but most of us are equally at loss to explain exactly why. A talk by John Ashley Burgoyne on Thursday 25April will introduce an ongoing...
Speech recognition helps research into moving image collections
The R&D department at Sound & Vision has been studying and experimenting with speech recognition technology in a number of different projects and was invited to the closing conference of the British Library's 'Opening up Speech Archives' pr...
Speech recognition helps research into moving image collections
The R&D department at Sound & Vision has been studying and experimenting with speech recognition technology in a number of different projects and was invited to the closing conference of the British Library's 'Opening up Speech Archives' pr...