EUscreenXL Offers Attractive Home for Archival Videos
November 2014
Lithuanian Central State Archive participates in EUscreenXL (European TV and radio archives on the Internet) project, financed by European Commission. EUscreenXL – the follow-up of the international EUscreen project, joining together archives, TV companies, audiovisual institutes and other organisations which create, preserve and popularise audiovisual documents. Lithuanian Central State Archive is one of the new partners. During the project the archive plans to give the access via Euscreen portal to 600 titles of sound recordings of USA Lithuanian radio station „Margutis"
The EUscreen Network is proud and thrilled to announce the launch of its renewed EUscreen website (euscreen.eu) during the International Conference From Audience to User: Engaging with Audiovisual Heritage Online, in Rome, Italy on October 30th.
The EUscreen portal offers free online access to thousands of items of audiovisual heritage. It brings together videos, stills, text and audio that provide an insight into the social, cultural, political and economic events that have shaped the 20th and 21st centuries.
“The EUscreen Network has been offering access to the highlights of Europe’s rich broadcasting history for several years.The redesign of the portal marks an impressive milestone of its activity. We hope that users enjoy the new features. We look forward to hearing their responses and further improving the site in the years to come”. Johan Oomen, EUscreenXL Technical Coordinator.
The re-developed EUscreen portal offers a brand new experience. The platform is user-friendly and dynamic, inviting visitors to play the videos and discover new content. It gives users a chance to explore the crème de la crème of Europe’s rich broadcast history on the homepage where a selection of specially chosen content is displayed. These video highlights showcase a range of material from across Europe and have been specifically chosen by the contributing archives. Users can explore videos dealing with current affairs and topical issues from the early 1900s until today. They can also watch series and collections ranging from broadcast series to collections of amateur films. The new version of the portal is optimised to be accessible on mobile devices and allows content to be easily shared.
In order to make the content accessible internationally, the portal provides English subtitles for a range of videos. Finally, an exhibition builder (available soon) will allow users to create virtual exhibitions and facilitate the use of videos, photos and audio material.
Over the next few weeks, the website will continually be updated, in response to users feedback.
Contact:
Maria Drabczyk
EUscreenXL Communication Officer
maria.drabczyk[at]nina.gov.pl
info[at]euscreen.eu
Ph. +48 22 380 49 80; M. +48 505 275 965
About EUscreenXL
EUscreenXL is a three-year project co-funded in 2013 under the CIPICT-PSP Programme. It aggregates a comprehensive body of professional audiovisual content and makes it accessible through Europeana and the EUscreenportal. The project consortium consists of 20 leading audiovisual archives, excellent media scholars, skilled technical service providers and networks such as FIAT/IFTA and the European Broadcasting Union.
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For event information and updates on the project visit project’s blog.