Ram Shimony presentation on streaming content from Israel to Europeana at the EVA/Minerva Jerusalem International Conference on Digitisation of Culture, Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Van Leer Institute, 12-13 November 2013 http://www.digital-heritage.org.il Presentations available at: http://2013.minervaisrael.org.il

1. Facts and Consequences
Ram Shimony,
Ministry of Culture and Sport
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>1,100,000 Israeli museums items in Europeana
through Linked Heritage Project (LH)
40% of total items provided by 23 partners of LH
Technical contributions at the level of work
groups at both Athena and LH project by:
◦ Dr. Susan Hazan,
◦ Dov Winer
◦ Ram Shimony
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Hebrew thesauri are not connected (yet) to the
25+ European linked vocabularies
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Israel runs long term projects to digitize the
heritage for preservation, accessibility and public
engagement.
The Ministry of Culture and Sport (MCS), through
The Department for Museums runs the project in
the segment of museums
One of the official goals of the project is:
“Synchronization with the European Digital Heritage Map”
MCS joined Athena project and proceeded with
LH project.
MCS does not partner Athena Plus project
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Best practice and handful related “goodies”
Europeana gathers bright minds and
challenged scientists
An access to USA heritage and culture
Payments and reimbursement
Exchanging thoughts
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Horizons 2020
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Complete integration of Hebrew
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Virtual exhibitions
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Wider segments coverage
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Quality
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