Advanced Services + Enriched Metadata +Multimedia Contents

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CIP ICT PSP Workshop, Luxembourg, 30th of January 2013 - Ghislain SILLAUME, CVCE

The ProjectAdvanced Search Services and Enhanced Technological Advanced Search Services and Enhanced Technological Solutions for the European Digital LibrarySolutions for the European Digital LibraryBirth DateBirth Date April 1April 1STST 2010 2010 DurationDuration 2 years2 yearsCo-funded byCo-funded by CIPCIP CoordinatorCoordinator

PartnersPartners 2424, including institutions from , including institutions from 1010 different different EuropeanEuropean contries and contries and JapanJapan, active in the , active in the field of cultural heritage and digital librariesfield of cultural heritage and digital libraries

Main GoalMain Goal Improve the Improve the accessibilityaccessibility

and and usabilityusability of of

The Consortium

Cultural Heritage & Technology Experts together

Inhomogeneities reduction and metadata enrichment

Algorithms for better search results

Improved GUI & semantic browsing of multimedia content

Risk evaluation & planning for long-term access & usability of contents

Supporting management ofuser generated content

ENRICHMENT INDEXING RETRIEVAL & RANKING

BROWSING & CHARACTERISATION

DIGITAL PRESERVATION

COMMUNITY

THE SERVICES

HACKATHONEncouraging coders to make use of ASSETS API

Design Improvement

Presentation of Search Results & Preview

Playing Multimedia Content

User Interfaces for the ASSETS Services

THE PORTAL

Best practices for content provision

A report

dedicated to

the cultural

Heritage community for

further comments and

updates

(on request)

Benefits for the CVCEUse of the CVCE content for testing the development of new functionalities for Europeana (e.g. searching images by similarity, automatic summarisation of videos).

Concrete and challenging experience in the management of a European project (WP lead and participation in the board of the project).

Good connexion with the Europeana Office and Europeana Network (Co-leading of the UGC task force, invitation to participate to some experts meetings)

Reputation of the CVCE within the partners of the consortium and representatives of European Commission (organisation of the final event in Luxembourg).

Results for the CVCE

Good overview and know-how about ASSETS and Europeana services (API), opportunity to reuse them in the next future.

Enhanced know-how about the way a European project works (participation to the negotiation of the meeting, participation to the meetings of the board, administrative and contractual work (e.g. NDA), follow-up of an amendment of the DoW, management of issues, organization of workshops, plenary meeting and dissemination event…

Contribution to the external funding.

Thanks for your kind attention

Find also more about ASSETS by testing some of our services on Europeana , Europeana Thoughlab or by watching them in this video.

A video of ASSETS final event is available here.

Thanks for your kind attention

Find also more about ASSETS by testing some of our services on Europeana , Europeana Thoughlab or by watching them in this video.

A video of ASSETS final event is available here.